Users able to execute windows .exe though execute bit not set

[Ronan Waide]

On April 1, nick at drouet.co.uk said:
> I'm looking for some assistance regarding file permissions and the inability
> to stop the execution of a file even though the execute permission has not
> been set.

Execute bits are a Unix concept. Windows will execute any file it can
read that it understands the extension of and has a handler for.

Cheers,
Waider.
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