Re: Executable /lib/ld-linux.so breaks noexec

[Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Martin Pitt wrote:

>Is there any particular reason to have /lib/ld-linux.so.* exxecutable?
>If it is used only as a proper library, it need not be executable.

mjg59@asparagine:~/priv$ sudo chmod a-x /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Password:
mjg59@asparagine:~/priv$ ls
bash: /bin/ls: Permission denied
mjg59@asparagine:~/priv$ sudo chmod a+x /lib/ld-linux.so.2
bash: /usr/bin/sudo: Permission denied

Irritated now.
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