[CoLoCo] Executable files?

[John Edwards]

That's the strange part.  The permissions say Read and Write, and also say
that I'm not the owner, so I can't change them, even though I created under
my ID (there are no other logins to my laptop).

I have played with it some, and if I create the files within the Linux file
system, rather under NTFS, I do not see this.  I think that may, in part,
explain things.  It has something to do with the way the drive is mounted
(for read/write).



John Edwards

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:55 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The default permissions on those files must have Read/Write/Execute for
> the user field... which is weird, but understandable coming from another
> (foreign) partition.
>
> You can right click the files and uncheck any execute permissions if you
> would like the warnings/questions to stop coming up.
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:14 PM, John Edwards <eric.the.grey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ok, let me try this again...
> >
> > I have a few text files I use on a regular basis, and every time I open
> > them up, I'm warned that they are "executable text files" and the system
> > asks me what I want to do with them, "Run in terminal, Display, cancel and
> > run"  Up until now, I've figured it had something to do with the way Windows
> > created or formatted the file.
> >
> > Today, I got the exact same prompt for an RTF file, created by Open
> > Office.  How can these be executable files, and is there a way to tell the
> > system to simply open them up with the appropriate application without
> > prompting me every time?
> >
> > There are two options to open these with under the files prperties (the
> > RTF file), one being Open Office, the other being the text editor.
> >
> > I might also add that these files are being stored on the windows
> > partition of the hard drive, and not the Ubuntu partition.  Would that make
> > a difference?
> >
> >
> >
> > John Edwards
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