On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 11:36 -0500, Itzamna wrote:
>
> None of my partitions seem full, so no problems there.
>
OK
> The permissions of my /home directory are all drwxrwxrwx or
> -rwxrwxrwx, I can't imagine that's the problem either.
>
OK
> I don't want to mount /usr with the exec option, as that would be a
> huge security risk.
>
Well, considering that /usr contains just about all executables except
those that are needed at boot time you might want to reconsider that.
The standard places to look for executables are
/bin - programs used during the boot process
/sbin - privileged programs used during the boot process
/usr/bin - all programs in a distro's optional packages
and extras
/usr/sbin - all privileged programs in a distro's optional
packages and extras
/usr/local/bin } these are where all non-distro programs should go,
/usr/local/sbin } i.e binary downloads and locally compiled programs.
This rule is commonly ignored though its a sensible
distinction.
So, in general, the /usr partition *should* be exec rather than noexec.
Martin
