[Bug 60722] Set better umasks for FAT filesystems (USB drives etc)

[Rimas Kudelis]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: hal

Currently, FAT partitions on USB disks etc. are mounted with umask=077,
thus making every file on them look like an executable.

It would make more sense to mount those filesystems with
dmask=077,fmask=177 options, so that directories can be browsed, but
files aren't executable. I don't think that would hurt anyone.

** Affects: hal (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: hal
  
- Currently, FAT partitions on USB disks etc. are being assigned
- umask=077, thus making every file on them look like an executable.
+ Currently, FAT partitions on USB disks etc. are mounted with umask=077,
+ thus making every file on them look like an executable.
  
  It would make more sense to mount those filesystems with
  dmask=077,fmask=177 options, so that directories can be browsed, but
  files aren't executable. I don't think that would hurt anyone.

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Set better umasks for FAT filesystems (USB drives etc)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/60722