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Re: Email based attack on University



On Tue Oct 8, 2019 at 5:35 PM Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> So I put noexec under the heading of it may deter somebody who is 
> looking for easy targets.

Yes I think of it like a speed bump, rather than a barrier.

> bash without the -c will run a script however.

Yes.

> Now to make that info useful. I have back-up disks mount noexec and then 
> unmount as part of the script. BUT I've had a couple of instances of the 
> back landing in the mount point for some reason. If the script is on the 
> disk, it can only run if the disk mounts, surely. So now is the time to 
> check it all out

Yes that sounds correct: if the mount didn't happen, the script isn't
there, so it won't run.

> Again, thanks for persisting.

You're welcome!


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