[ALUG] Asus Eee pc 4G

[MJ Ray]

"Adrian F. Clark" <alien at essex.ac.uk> wrote: [...]
> The student concerned finds that he can't execute programs from his  
> USB memory stick: the system  isn't setting the execute bit upon  
> compilation or honouring chmods. [...]

Has he checked the fstab or mount for "noexec" option?  Given the
target markets, I'd expect them to be shipped with that for USB
sticks, but then the previously-mentioned root-shell doesn't make me
very confident about it...

Regards,
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