[Apparmor-general] What is the purpose of memory map as executable?

Cliffe cliffe at ii.net
Sat Sep 22 09:27:43 MDT 2007


Could someone please enlighten me?

What is the purpose of the "m" (memory map as executable) permission?

Why would we need to set "m" if the file is not also given a form of 
execution permission?

Cheers,

Cliffe.

PS: Sorry if I double-posted this.



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