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Author	brian.curtin
Recipients	brian.curtin, jeroen.dobbelaere
Date	2011-01-11.16:05:51
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The "Read & Execute" permission listed on a file's property window doesn't really mean anything. Executables only need read permissions [0] to actually be executed. Additionally, in terms of _stat, Windows does its check by extension [1] but they don't specify what extensions they look for. Adding ".dll" checking would be the most we could do here. [0] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727008.aspx [1] See "st_mode" halfway down the page, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/14h5k7ff(v=VS.90).aspx

The "Read & Execute" permission listed on a file's property window doesn't really mean anything. Executables only need read permissions [0] to actually be executed.

Additionally, in terms of _stat, Windows does its check by extension [1] but they don't specify what extensions they look for.

Adding ".dll" checking would be the most we could do here.



[0] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727008.aspx
[1] See "st_mode" halfway down the page, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/14h5k7ff(v=VS.90).aspx

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Date	User	Action	Args
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