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Samba/Cifs: Transferring executable permission bits to linux client

I'm trying to get my linux smb/cifs client recognize the executable bits that are set on some files on a share on a linux smb server. Here is our setup: Linux server exporting some directories via ...
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Determing the Execution Environment of Apache

I am having this error: [Mon Dec 05 10:22:23 2011] [warn] mod_rewrite: Running external rewrite maps without defining a RewriteLock is DANGEROUS! [Mon Dec 05 10:22:23 2011] [error] (13)Permission ...
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Why does Windows command prompt stalls until a key is pressed when executing long batch files or programs

I've just had two occurrences of windows 7 stalling an execution until I hit enter on the command prompt/powershell. Afterward execution seems to continue as expected. First was an batch file of copy ...
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Strange behavior with execution permission

For exercise - I removed execute permission for others from /bin/pwd: $ chmod o-x /bin/pwd $ ls -l /bin/pwd -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 26568 Apr 28 2010 /bin/pwd and as logged as matt I cannot ...
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How do I tell whether an executable has run or not?

I have an executable I am calling from a third party program. I am calling it using an administrator account with "run as a service" privileges, and the third party program logs report that the ...
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Weird executable behaviour

I have a server machine with ubuntu 9.10. I am trying to put in place an executable, which turns out to be the latest flashplayer (debugger version). Somehow the file appears as present and ...
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Monitor Windows executable while it is loading

Is there Windows software that will allow you to see what an executable is doing while it is loading up? For example, monitor if the executable is modifying the registry, updating the file system, ...
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How do you wait for an exe to complete in batch file?

I'm trying to create a script to execute an exe on shutdown in order to install sp1. my script goes something like (not actual bat script). If installed GOTO END Install.exe END: My problem is ...
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Is it possible to restrict executing an .exe on a network drive with Windows 7?

Can Windows 7 be configured in a way to prevent a user to execute an .exe that is on a network drive, and if so, how could that be done?
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CGI file executes only on local machine, not online

I've got a CGI script written in python (starts with #!/usr/bin/env python) that executes fine on the server. I type in /home/company/server/root/adam/code.cgi and it outputs the right output. I go to ...
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Windows Installer cannot execute EXE install files

When I run the msiexec.exe with an msi file, it runs perfectly. The problem is that many install files are not msi's but exe's. My question is: How can I run an exe file with the msiexec.exe command? ...
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Policy exception for Windows User Account Controls and Update.exe

So... Apparently Windows has a list of filenames that require extra rights to run, included in this list is Update.exe, which happens to be the name of the file I'd like my clients to run without ...
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how to convert EXPECT file to executable file

I am trying to convert EXPECT script that is located in an ubuntu client to a .exe script so that I can execute the EXPECT file from web browser using javascript. Can anyone guide me on how to ...
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Do admins mind exes being copied/installed to the users Application Data folder?

This question is a follow up to Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share? I have developed a utility which makes life much easier for Access developers. One option I will ...
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binary executable working in centos but not in ubuntu

I was trying to install weblogic 9 to test if an application is working correctly when migrated from a previous release. I downloaded the "Oracle WebLogic Server 9.2 MP3" and I was able to install it ...
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A file that exists doesn't exist. (Bash claims a file exists when it doesn't.)

root@omega-15:/var/unreal/src# find ./ircd ./ircd root@omega-15:/var/unreal/src# ./ircd bash: ./ircd: No such file or directory What the hell is this? Bash thinks that the file doesn't exist, when ...
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Why do some admins dislike exes being executed from a server share?

I distribute a utility for developers which is designed to reside on a server share and is executed from the server on the local PC or Terminal Services/Citrix session. It does not require any admin ...
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p4 - I've got no such file or directory - when in reality it exists

I have installed p4 command line client on the server, and something strange happened. It exists, has executable rights, but I cannot execute it beacause I got message that it does not exists. I ...
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How do I setup IIS to allow executing external applications?

I have an IIS 7 server setup, where I want execute an external application (locally on the server) from a ASP.NET website, to do some processing of some files. The server seems to find the .exe fine, ...
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How to run an executable of linux/windows server from browser?

Suppose the uri of that executable is known:http://domain.name/exe_uri Will it be executed if we just type it in the address bar?
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Can't run an executable under Linux

I chmod 777'ed an executable and trying to execute it like this: /home/gandalf/./sample but it doesn't work /bin/bash: line 25: ./sample: Permission denied What can be the problem? Thanks.
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Application upgrade triggered from web application on Ubuntu/Linux

On my ubuntu server I have an application MyApp which runs as a daemon with its own user myapp. Then I have a web application MyPortal which runs in apace httpd as user www-data. This application ...
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Cannot run “Automation Anywhere” exe files from console (session 0) on Windows Server 2003 64 bit

I have a simple exe created from an Automation Anywhere task that displays a message box saying hello world. I created this simple exe just for debugging the following issue. When I log in to the ...
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Arbitrary Code Execution on Server

I am trying to build a web application (running on Linux servers) in which the user will upload an executable, the executable will be ran against a particular input available on the server (fed via ...
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running exe makes system unresponsive

I run the file using the command prompt and it got stuck and we had to reboot the server. After the server started I put the exe into another folder and when I run this time it run sucessfully but ...
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Why would a web server set the content type of a redirect to application\octet-stream

I have taken steps to prevent software from being downloaded from the Internet as it was being abused by students. This was implemented using ISA 2006's Content Type filter condition "Application". ...
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Running a server-side executable

I'm making a prototype webserver that needs to be able to run an executable on the server side. How do I get this to work? Do I need to set some permissions on the executable/directory? I'm stuck ...
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Why is sometimes the exe-files locked by windows?

We have an inhouse application Fattracs that is used by 10-30 users over Citrix. All users have starts an own instans. The exe-file resides on several servers with Windows 2003 R2 that is loadbalanced ...
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Bash can't start a programme that's there and has all the right permissions

This is a gentoo server. There's a programme prog that can't execute. (Yes the execute permission is set) About the file $ ls prog $ ./prog bash: ./prog: No such file or directory $ file prog prog: ...
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Prevent users from marking files as executable?

I want to ensure that users of my system are incapable of chmodding files +x, and I do not want anything in /home/ or /var/ to be executable. I can't put them on separate partitions. Running Ubuntu ...