Can't execute programs on vfat formatted USB stick

[Magnentius]

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@magnentius-pc:/media/magnentius/KINGSTON/cpp$ ./cpprog
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://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2075851&highlight=magnentius, but no answers. This bug could be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/663815, but I'm not sure since I run Lubuntu 12.10 and that bug is about Ubuntu 10.10.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

contrary to your claim the exectuable bit has been turned off pretty much from the start of Ubuntu. Have a look at bug 14335.