R. G. Newbury wrote: > Weird bit is that I was logged in as root..WHICH WAS MISLEADING. When > 'nonexec' is set, ALL users are denied execution privileges. (This is > most useful for security purposes in denying the use of programs on for > example a USB stick from compromising the system. Similarly, a filesystem mounted read-only will be read-only for all users¹, including root. You may find this more obvious, especially if you remember hardware write-protect tabs on floppies. James. ¹ But not the kernel – journalling filesystems may be rolled back or rolled forwards if they weren’t cleanly unmounted. -- E-mail: james@ | "I don't think so," said René Descartes. Just then, he aprilcottage.co.uk | vanished. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
