https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513418
Bug ID: 513418
Summary: "exec" mount point option not included even when other
options imply "noexec"
Classification: Applications
Product: partitionmanager
Version First unspecified
Reported In:
Platform: KDE Linux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
There is no checkbox for "exec" in the Edit Mount Point window of KDE Partition
Manager, which can cause unnecessary confusion when selecting other options
that silently include "noexec," such as the "users can mount and unmount"
checkbox. One common use case would be mounting a drive for use as a Steam
library, which needs exec as I outlined here:
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/automounting-a-drive-for-steam-library/177238
. One possible solution would be an exec box that is grayed out or hidden
unless a different option that includes "noexec" is checked. This box could
then append exec to the end of the fstab options line, or at least after any
options that might include a "noexec" instruction. Or perhaps this bug could be
part of a solution to Bug 462804 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462804
The currently available option can append "noexec," but leaving it unchecked
does not add "exec." So as a comment on that bug suggested, perhaps it could be
a tri-state "noexec - leave unchanged - exec" option selector with leave
unchanged as the default and with a similar behavior to leaving the "no binary
execution" box unchecked in the current version.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select a non-system drive partition in KDE Partition Manager and unmount it
if it is mounted.
2. Use Edit Mount Point to create a mount point with the "users can mount and
unmount" option selected.
2. Reboot.
3. Attempt to execute an application hosted on the drive or use Steam to select
it as a library source.
OBSERVED RESULT
Not able to execute applications or select the mounted drive as a Steam library
source.
EXPECTED RESULT
Being able to execute applications or select the mounted drive as a Steam
library source.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 43 KDE Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There is no obvious signal that the "users" option disables exec. This behavior
is not even noted in the fstab man page. So a different solution could be to
simply inform users that execution will be disabled unless the "exec" option is
added via the "More..." button. However, this could be more confusing than
necessary, and a reworking of the GUI selector for managing the "exec" and
"noexec" options seems more simple and intelligible.
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