sudo guru needed...success

[Albert Wagner]

Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 02:50:21PM -0500, Albert Wagner wrote:
>> Joel Goguen wrote:
>>> Marius might have the right idea, have you tried his suggestion?
>>>
>>> # sudo mount -o remount,exec /media/cdrom0
>>> # sudo sh /media/cdrom0/installUnix
>>>
>> Ah!  That does it.  Thanks to all who replied and especially to you Joel 
>> and whoever Marius is (I didn't get his reply to my query).
> 
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> I replied to the list only.
> I'm Cc:ing you now.

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>> If Marius is 
>> reading, I would appreciate an explanation as to why that works.
> 
> The "noexec" option is a security measure that prevents you from
> executing any applications on the CD-ROM by accident.  It is
> traditionally used by the system administrator to prevent users from
> hacking the machine by inserting a CD-ROM (or a USB key) with a
> suid-root binary.  For today's single user desktops/laptops it is mostly
> useful as a safeguard against trojan horses.
> 
> The mount command disables this option until you eject the CD.
> 
> HTH,
> Marius Gedminas

Thank you, Marius.  And for anyone else who may also have a use for your 
solution, the disc will not eject without a:

  sudo umount /media/cdrom0