On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 16:40 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote: > > Ben Stringer <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 08:41 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > >>> The > >>> same goes for mounting /tmp and /var noexec. Why do you think there's > >>> an option to mount a partition with the noexec parameter? > >> It's useful for data partitions, but even then mounting read only is > >> more useful. > > > > I think you will find very quickly that mounting either /tmp or /var as > > read-only is anything but useful. Would you seriously suggest doing > > this? I am not sure you understand these options. > > I'm sure that he meant only for data partitions. Ah - if I misinterpreted these comments, please disregard my incredulity. > > ** UPDATE ** > Having tried the ~/bin concept, I see that I don't like it, and don't > need it. So I scrapped it. Actually, the app works file when run from > its own directory (where its support files reside). > Glad to hear you have resolved your original issue. Cheers, Ben
