> Hi all, > > I have an interesting problem, I could not find the answer for this in > the last three years ( since I first installed Linux). > > When I copy a file from a Windoze partition (or I have a CD with linux > rpms, which was created under windoze) to a Linux partition, the file > has executable attributes in all three places (owner, group, the rest > of the world). Even if it is an rpm file or a tgz or even a backed up > XF86Config file... > This is because FAT or FAT32 don�t have permissions in their system, so as a default they will be readable, writable and executable for everyone. You can solve this by giving some options to the mount command. See man mount for the options you need.
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