Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Ronan Waide
On April 1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm looking for some assistance regarding file permissions and the inability to stop the execution of a file even though the execute permission has not been set. Execute bits are a Unix concept. Windows will execute any file it can read that it understands

Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread John H Terpstra
Nick, Perhaps you can explain how you would achieve your goals if the server was running Windows 2000 Server. If you can demonstrate a pure Windows solution maybe we could match that with Samba. - John T. On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Nick Drouet wrote: I'm looking for some assistance regarding file

Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Ronan Waide wrote: On April 1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm looking for some assistance regarding file permissions and the inability to stop the execution of a file even though the execute permission has not been set. Execute bits are a Unix concept. Windows will

Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Ronan Waide
On April 1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hmmm, I did some testing a week or so ago, and found that removing the execute permission from ACLs on the file (esp inherited ones) prevents Win2K from executing the file, although it does open the file for read first. Yep, turns out I opened my mouth

Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Sharpe
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Jim McDonough wrote: Hmmm, I did some testing a week or so ago, and found that removing the execute permission from ACLs on the file (esp inherited ones) prevents Win2K from executing the file, although it does open the file for read first. Doesn't happen for me. It lets

RE: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Esh, Andrew
: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:23 AM To: Richard Sharpe Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nick Drouet Subject: Re: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set On April 1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hmmm, I did some testing a week or so ago, and found that removing the execute permission

RE: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Esh, Andrew
: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set Perhaps you can explain how you would achieve your goals if the server was running Windows 2000 Server. If you can demonstrate a pure Windows solution maybe we could match that with Samba. John, I've checked it out and this is a real

RE: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Jim McDonough
What is Windows is using to determine that it needs to do the executability test? There is no executable bit in Windows. There is the ACL entry, but nothing at the DOS level. That is, unless they are testing the file extension. It uses the ACL. It follows locally what's in the ACL, and the

RE: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread David Brodbeck
-Original Message- From: Jim McDonough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The unix x bit is a perfectly reasonable place to store this, and unix has the same problems windows does...if you can read it, you can copy it and change the bits in your own copy. Isn't the UNIX x bit already

RE: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

2003-04-01 Thread Esh, Andrew
To: 'Jim McDonough'; Esh, Andrew Cc: John H Terpstra; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Nick Drouet; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set -Original Message- From: Jim McDonough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The unix x bit is a perfectly