On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 02:00:09PM +0100, Peter Bieshaar wrote: > IMHO there is normally no reason WHY a binary executable should be readable. > I checked my laptop (FC4) and saw the permissions indeed 755 for bash. A 111 > (---x--x--x) is normally enough for a binary. In very rare cases a suid/sgid If you give 'r' then users are permitted to see as well as execute the binary. This is neccessary to get core dumps or use a debugger. Lets face it the binary image of bash is not a state secret and downloadable from redhat.com. Setting x only might well make sense on other software such as non-free packages that most not be "borrowed" by end users -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
