Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 14:41:10 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: _cygwin_S_IEXEC we hardly knew ye Message-ID: <20010508144110.M24200@cygbert.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygdev Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com References: <20010508001315 DOT A4844 AT redhat DOT com> <20010508112507 DOT A16420 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <20010508080034 DOT A21811 AT redhat DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010508080034.A21811@redhat.com>; from cgf@redhat.com on Tue, May 08, 2001 at 08:00:34AM -0400 On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 08:00:34AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:25:07AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:13:15AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> For 1.3.3, I am going to implement a "Don't check this directory for > >> execute bits" option to mount. I'd like to have this on by default for > >> smb drives. Does this sound like a good idea? > > > >It sounds like a good idea for users who know what's going on... > > You're kidding, right? Yes and No. Yes, I think it's a good idea to get speed improvements. No, I fear the load of mails in the mailing list with clueless admins (that's what the ACFs are for, too) which installed Cygwin on a SMB drive for their users. Yes, probably it's better to live with them and it's not as bad as I think. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc.