Re: mounting filesystems with "noexec"

From: Simon L. Nielsen (simon_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 09/24/05

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To: markzero <mark@darklogik.org>

    On 2005.09.23 22:55:56 +0100, markzero wrote:
    > With all that has been said so far, what is the actual point of
    > the noexec flag?

    From mount(8) (yes I like quoting the docs. when we have them ;) ):

            This option is useful for a server that has file systems
            containing binaries for architectures other than its own. 

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Simon L. Nielsen

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