On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 20:03 +0100, Mark Seaborn wrote: > One problem with using the executable bit on .desktop files is that > the executable bit could become set without any special action by the > user. > In particular, if saved to a FAT partition (USB drive) or similar.
A different approach would be a standard for saving of attachments and files downloaded from the Internet. E-mail clients, Web browsers, etc. would honour this standard, and declare their support for it as a feature. The standard would simply forbid such clients from saving a file which could be interpreted as a desktop file, or executable, without the user's express consent. Scott -- Have you ever, ever felt like this? Had strange things happen? Are you going round the twist?
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