Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750989AbWEMUwX (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2006 16:52:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751291AbWEMUwX (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2006 16:52:23 -0400 Received: from [4.21.254.118] ([4.21.254.118]:5789 "EHLO suzuka.mcnaught.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750989AbWEMUwX (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 May 2006 16:52:23 -0400 To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Mark Rosenstand , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Executable shell scripts References: <20060513103841.B6683146AF@hunin.borkware.net> <1147517786.3217.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20060513110324.10A38146AF@hunin.borkware.net> <1147518432.3217.2.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <87r72yi346.fsf@suzuka.mcnaught.org> <1147528850.3217.5.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> From: Douglas McNaught Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 16:52:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1147528850.3217.5.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> (Arjan van de Ven's message of "Sat, 13 May 2006 16:00:49 +0200") Message-ID: <87ejyxir5r.fsf@suzuka.mcnaught.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 671 Lines: 20 Arjan van de Ven writes: >> Every Unix I've ever seen works this way. It'd be nice to have >> unreadable executable scripts, but no one's ever done it. > > > hmm I'm less convinced of what that would bring anyone. Just like you > can get to the content of elf files anyway, you can get to the content > of the script (just attach a debugger for example) > > execute == read + action Good point. -Doug - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/