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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: [Patch] #29984 Change file permission using octal numbers
From:       Michael Pye <mp () fuckmicrosoft ! com>
Date:       2003-05-18 17:52:31
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On Sunday 18 May 2003 6:40 pm, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> No, the idea would be to offer the user the checkbox for making files
> executable (chmod +x), but only if the file is actually a program. (e.g.
> starts with #!...)
>
> Cheers,
> Waldo

Ah. Seems sensible enough, as long as we can pin down all types of executable. 
It would be a problem where kernel support for strange binaries had been 
added, or for example, in the BSDs where compatibility layers exist etc.

MP
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