Can't execute programs on vfat formatted USB stick
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udisks (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I am using Lubuntu 12.10. I have a USB stick with just vfat formatting on which are several odt files and also some of my own binary executables which I compiled from my own CPP files.
When I want to start these executables in the terminal however, I see "access denied".
Code:
magnentius@
bash: ./cpprog: Access denied
I understand why this happens of course, because vfat can't log the executable permission (chmod +x). It shouldn't happen however, because one should be able to run an executable from an USB stick, and in Ubuntu this was always possible. It isn't in Lubuntu however.
Why I get "bash" in the error message is a mystery to me as well, because it is a binary program, not a script.
I've also posted this to http://
contrary to your claim the exectuable bit has been turned off pretty much from the start of Ubuntu. Have a look at bug 14335.