> That check didn't used to be there and that the HFS+ check is older than > that might have given you the idea that it at least used to work. > So now the only way for a fs to differentiate between lookup and exec is > gone... :-( That check was added quite some time ago: commit a343bb7750e6a098909c34f5c5dfddbc4fa40053 Author: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Aug 22 20:06:03 2006 -0400 VFS: Fix access("file", X_OK) in the presence of ACLs Also it sounds just plain wrong to allow execution without an x bit. It could cause nasty surprises at least. What was the intended purpose of that code, and why did nobody notice when it stopped working? Miklos -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html