can't make shell script executable (10.10RC)

[tacticalbread]

I'm trying to make a simple autorun script, for my Micro SD Card, the script works fine, but I simply cannot make it executable.

When I check the "Allow executing file as program" check box, it just automatically unchecks itself immediately. Chmod'ing it does nothing (I assume is resets behind the scenes as well). Nothing is different as a super user either.

The script runs fine when run locally (not on my SD card), and when run like

bash ./autorun

but

./autorun

yells at me. (bash: ./autorun: Permission denied)

It refuses to become executable.

Am I doing something wrong here? This is driving me completely and utterly mad.

[mc4man]

Probably related to this (though there is another possibility.
To resolve a bug in udisks this patch was added - applies to vfat filesystems on removable media

Add 00git-vfat-showexec.patch: Enable the "showexec" vfat mount option, to
avoid data files being executable (which causes confusing question dialogs
in nautilus which only have one sensible answer). Patch taken from
upstream git head. (LP: #14335)

The patch can be reverted in a custom udisk build - if this is your issue

[tacticalbread]

That sounds like it would do it.

So I'd have to edit, and compile it from source then?

I'm not much of a programmer. :/

[meadhikari]

Exactly the same problem here.
Could not understand the above solution.
Please can anybody help me on this.