Public bug reported:

I am using Lubuntu 12.10. I have a USB stick with just vfat formatting
on which are several odt files and also some of my own binary
executables which I compiled from my own CPP files.

When I want to start these executables in the terminal however, I see
"access denied".

Code:

magnentius@magnentius-pc:/media/magnentius/KINGSTON/cpp$ ./cpprog
bash: ./cpprog: Access denied

I understand why this happens of course, because vfat can't log the
executable permission (chmod +x). It shouldn't happen however, because
one should be able to run an executable from an USB stick, and in Ubuntu
this was always possible. It isn't in Lubuntu however.

Why I get "bash" in the error message is a mystery to me as well,
because it is a binary program, not a script.

I've also posted this to
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2075851&highlight=magnentius,
but no answers. This bug could be related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/663815, but I'm
not sure since I run Lubuntu 12.10 and that bug is about Ubuntu 10.10.

** Affects: udisks (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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   Can't execute programs on vfat formatted USB stick

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