Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/5] Add support for O_MAYEXEC

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* James Morris:

> If you're depending on the script interpreter to flag that the user may 
> execute code, this seems to be equivalent in security terms to depending 
> on the user.  e.g. what if the user uses ptrace and clears O_MAYEXEC?

The argument I've heard is this: Using ptrace (and adding the +x
attribute) are auditable events.

Florian



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