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List:       netatalk
Subject:    Re: [netatalk-admins] setting exec permission from Mac
From:       Rich Lafferty <rich () alcor ! concordia ! ca>
Date:       1999-09-17 2:46:51
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Quoting Rick Zeman (rzeman@his.com) from Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 09:27:15PM -0400:
> On 9/16/99 at 11:11 AM, Darie Duclos <Darie.Duclos@unifr.ch> wrote:
> 
> |Is there a way to set an execute permission on a file created
> |on a Mac and stored on a Unix partition via Netatalk? 
> |
> |We have a secretary who creates html files with includes (like
> |to include the standard header). In order for the include to
> |be carried out by the server, the execute bit has to be on.
> |But Macs don't know about execute permissions, and I can't
> |see her having to telnet to a Sun in order to chmod files..
> 
> You could have a graphical ftp client (like NetFinder) set up to change the
> permissions.  She could have it open to that directory and badda bing, x.

You could also configure the Web server to use something more modern
for determining server-parsed handler types than XBitHack, which 
is really trying hard to die a nice, peaceful death.

  -Rich

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------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
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   Concordia University, Montreal, QC                 (514) 848-7625
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