USB permissions question

[Richard Kimber]

On Sat, 18 May 2019 15:07:12 +0100
Richard Kimber <richardkimber at politicsresources.net> wrote:

> If I create a script on a USB stick plugged into my system it's
> permissions are:
> -rw-r--r--
> If I try to make it executable with chmod u+x nothing happens, so I
> can't run it.
> 
> How can I get scripts and programs to run from a USB stick? Is there a
> handy guide somewhere?
> 
> I tried the advice on
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/17540/how-do-i-set-executable-permissions-on-a-removable-drive
> but "sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart" did not complete and return the
> command prompt, so I'm not clear where to go from here.
> 
> - Richard.

sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart eventually did complete, but I now can't
see the file I created on the USB stick, the drive looks blank.

- Richard.
-- 
Richard Kimber