G.Vinubalaji wrote [on 19/11/03 00:08 +0530]: > On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:31:59 +0530 > Santanu Chatterjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The directory (actually it is placed in a partition) in question > > (/mnt/backup) has the following line in /etc/fstab: > > > > So, after I mounted the partition as > > mount -t ext2 /dev/hda4 /mnt/backup > > there was no problem. > This mounts the file system with default options. So instead of > user,noauto you will have the default options i.e with rw, suid, dev, > exec, auto, nouser, and async. > > >From the man page of mount > defaults > Use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async. > > and > exec Permit execution of binaries. > > So when defaults is specified it mounts with all the options including > the exec options. So exec is the option which you missed. > > if you had specified exec,noauto,user as the option in the fstab then > you would have able to execute the binaries as well.
That is what I thought would be the case, but nope. I tried with the exec,noauto,user as the options in the fstab, but still, the problem persists. It only works when I put the nouser option in fstab. I wonder why. Any ideas? Regards, Santanu ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
