<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">It is the .jar files' execute bit. I recently installed a java app and the bit needed to be set. An upgrade of the app reset it again. Good security though ! Bill --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> From: Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com> Subject: Re: Execute disable bit on an mp3 player? To: ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 4:47 PM <div class="plainMail">Would the .jar files need to have the execute bit set? I would think that as far as the operating system is concerned, they're just data files for the Java interpreter/compiler. It's the Java executable program that needs the X bit, and it is probably stored on your computer's drive, not the USB drive. --Bob. On 11-02-12 02:13 AM, Darcy Casselman wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I don't think FAT32 filesystems support the execute bit. So it > doesn't have any place to store it when you set it. It just gets > discarded. > > If you're only using a USB key on Linux, you can reformat it as ext3. > Not an option for MP3 players or memory cards that need to be used in > other devices, however. > > Darcy. > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Eric<<a ymailto="mailto:1ballistic1@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=1ballistic1@gmail.com">1ballistic1@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> Anyone run into a case where for whatever reason they couldn't >> re-enable execution of a file on a mp3 player/usb stick/memory card? >> >> Trying to get JSymphonic onto an old Sony player so I can play with it >> from Ubuntu. Downloaded the file(it's a .jar) to my home, changed the >> bit(chmod +x), tested that it works. Tried copying it to a folder I >> created on the MP3 player, execute bit is unset. Trying to change the >> bit back doesn't work. First time I can't get the change to stick >> like this. >> >> I'm almost positive this would work fine if I copied it in MS, but >> that doesn't fix the knowledge gap either. >> >> -- >> ubuntu-ca mailing list >> <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com" href="/mc/compose?to=ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> >> -- ubuntu-ca mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com" href="/mc/compose?to=ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-ca@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ca</a> </div></blockquote></td></tr></table>