Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-11-05 Thread Curt
On 2018-11-05, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > In this case, he probably "told it to run in a terminal", and whether > the terminal uses a login shell or not is irrelevant. The fact that > now it's running the program inside a terminal (or possibly a terminal > plus a shell), instead of directly

Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-11-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 12:31:11PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > - You have a launcher file that references an executable. In normal > cases calling the launcher from your desktop environment (I don't > know if this is by menu or button or something else) causes the > binary to run. I'm

Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-11-05 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 06:18:17AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/04/2018 07:34 AM, Andy Smith wrote: > >I don't think the login shell setting has anything to do with it. > > You obviously could not be bothered trying it! I don't run any of the same software as you so it would be a

Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-11-05 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/04/2018 07:34 AM, Andy Smith wrote: On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 07:24:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Turns out there was a *YUCKY* choice for a default setting. In the default profile for mate-terminal there is a choice titled "Run command as a login shell". The option is *not*

Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-11-04 Thread Andy Smith
On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 07:24:04AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Turns out there was a *YUCKY* choice for a default setting. > In the default profile for mate-terminal there is a choice titled >"Run command as a login shell". > The option is *not* enabled. > > That makes the choice

IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-11-04 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/2018 09:14 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable. A

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-31, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> >> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over >> >> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. >> > >> > Just to (maybe?) help with the proper focus, was this a human error or >> > something that

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/2018 10:57 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:45:15 AM Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote: Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. Due a

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:45:15 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > >> > >> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote: Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over written by the contents of a man page in pure text format.

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over > written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. Just to (maybe?) help with the proper focus,

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/2018 09:27 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:14:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:39:17 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:31:40 Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote: > > > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > >

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote: >> On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. >>> >>> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over >>> written by the contents of a man page in pure

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 05:27:58PM +0300, Reco wrote: > A (mis)feature. Any executable text file without defined shebang is a > shell script. Not quite. An attempt to execute a file that doesn't have a valid magic number in the first few bytes triggers an ENOEXEC from the execve(2) call. If this

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:31:40 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote: > > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > > > > > > > Due a

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 31 October 2018 10:31:40 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote: > > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > > > > > > > Due a

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:29:52AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote: > > On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > > > > > Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over > > >

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote: On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown reason, the resulting file was

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:14:40AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over > written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown > reason, the >

Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Curt
On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett wrote: > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over > written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown > reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable. I want

Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

2018-10-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable. A custom MATE launcher pointed the corrupted file.