[KLUG Members] recommended office suite

[bill]

The tar.gz file was actually downloaded right to a directory (/home/username) and
extracted from there, no CD involved (heck, I haven't even opened the CD since
installing Linux).

mount doesn't say anything about noexec, just

/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)

and several other similar lines.

But, let's assume the worst.  What's the proper place to d/l the open office suite?
I figured that if it was a tar.gz file it was the Linux version (as opposed to a
windows .zip), but assumptions are tricky things . . .

adam@morrison-ind.com wrote:

> >How quickly I get out of my depth; should have posted in the newbie list.
> >How would I know whether the partition is mounted w/out an exec option?
>
> type "mount"
>
> My CD looks like -
> /dev/hdb on /mnt/cdrom1 type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,user=adam)
>
> hence I can't "run" a program from the CD, ever, the kernel will just slap me
> down if I try.  This prevents end-users from introducing executable code into
> the system.  On production systems /home is usually mounted this way as well.
>
> To change look in /etc/fstab and find the line for your CD -
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              iso9660
> noauto,nosuid,noexec,user,nodev,owner,ro 0 0
>
> Change noexec to exec.
>
> Or use the proper UNIX method.  Copy everything off the CD to a subdir in, say,
> /tmp and perform the install from there.  That way you don't run a process of a
> potentially flakey device (CD). If the CD-ROM goes wiggy and the process (whose
> cwd will be on the CD) hangs because there is an I/O error on your $1.50 CD you
> won't be able to unmount the CD because it is "busy" due to the process hung
> because of your crappy CD. :)  It happens.  Don't risk uptime because of a $1.50
> CD.  If the copy from the CD fails cp will just dump out to the command line,
> and you know your CD is crap without anything else being bothered.
>
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