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Re: Copying file has unexpected side effect

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On 04/09/2017 10:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I have a laptop with multiple installs of Debian Jessie using MATE
> desktop. There are minor differences of package complements - the
> purpose being to determine an optimal configuration.
>
> There are a relatively small number of files which I would like to have
> the latest version available no matter which install is active.
>
> My solution was to place this files on a separate partition of the hdd.
> It will be mounted at boot. The fstab entry is currently
> UUID=E90C-65B4  /media/common vfat auto,exec,rw,flush,umask=000  0 0
>
> The problem occurred on the very first use:
> I opened /media/common by double-clicking its desktop icon.
> I then:
>   right-clicked on the desktop icon of a text file
>   selected "Copy" from the menu
>   moved mouse over the displayed directory of /media/common
>   right-clicked and chose "Paste" from menu
>
> The file was _apparently_ copied as expected.
> *HOWEVER* the act of copying set the execution flag.
> Why?

I received an almost OFFLIST reply stating:
"Because your fstab entry contains the exec directive for the whole
filesystem"

I suspected something of the sort. The man pages and wiki references 
were opaque on how to chose the various mask options.

What I had expected to happen was for execute flag to be whatever it had 
been set to on the source side.
I wanted all users to have rw permission - that was apparently accomplished.

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Copying file has unexpected side effect Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-09 17:50 +0200
  Re: Copying file has unexpected side effect Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-09 18:10 +0200
    Re: Copying file has unexpected side effect Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2017-04-09 21:50 +0200
      Re: Copying file has unexpected side effect Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-10 13:50 +0200
        Re: Copying file has unexpected side effect David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-12 20:10 +0200

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