[Bug 1071869] Re: Can't execute programs on vfat formatted USB stick

[Rolf Leggewie]

contrary to your claim the exectuable bit has been turned off pretty
much from the start of Ubuntu.  Have a look at bug 14335.

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Title:
   Can't execute programs on vfat formatted USB stick

Status in udisks package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am using Lubuntu 12.10. I have a USB stick with just vfat formatting
  on which are several odt files and also some of my own binary
  executables which I compiled from my own CPP files.

  When I want to start these executables in the terminal however, I see
  "access denied".

  Code:

  magnentius at magnentius-pc:/media/magnentius/KINGSTON/cpp$ ./cpprog
  bash: ./cpprog: Access denied

  I understand why this happens of course, because vfat can't log the
  executable permission (chmod +x). It shouldn't happen however, because
  one should be able to run an executable from an USB stick, and in
  Ubuntu this was always possible. It isn't in Lubuntu however.

  Why I get "bash" in the error message is a mystery to me as well,
  because it is a binary program, not a script.

  I've also posted this to
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2075851&highlight=magnentius,
  but no answers. This bug could be related to
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/663815, but I'm
  not sure since I run Lubuntu 12.10 and that bug is about Ubuntu 10.10.

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