Bug#783252: Document samba changes in regard to serving executable files to Windows clients
On 2015-04-24 20:19, Justin B Rye wrote:
> (Oops, slightly delayed by a powercut. Hurrah for FS journals.)
>
> Niels Thykier wrote:
>> +<section>
>> + <title>Samba4 requires exec-bit to permit files to be open for execution</title>
>> + <para>
>
> s/open/opened/, and I don't think people say "exec-bit" (just
> "executable bit").
>
> <title>Samba4 requires executable bit to permit files to be opened for execution</title>
>
> Or maybe it could be shortened to
>
> <title>New requirements for file execution in Samba</title>
>
>> + If a client requests for a file to be "opened for execution", then
>> + Samba4 will require that the file have the "exec-bit" set on the
>> + file in addition to the regular read permissions. This also
>> + causes "netlogon" scripts to be silently ignored if they lack this
>> + exec-bit.
>
> If a client requests that a file should be "opened for execution",
> Samba4 will require the executable bit to be set on the
> file in addition to the regular read permissions. This also
> causes "netlogon" scripts to be silently ignored if they lack this
> executable bit.
>
Thanks, applied as-is.
~Niels
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