A Linux administrator is troubleshooting a file system mounted as /dev/sdb1 at /data that seems to be causing issues when users attempt to execute scripts stored there. The device is known to only store data files and should not contain any executable code. To enhance security, the administrator had previously set specific mount options for this file system. Which mount option might the administrator have set to cause this behavior, and should now be reviewed or removed to allow script execution?
The correct answer is noexec. This mount option prevents execution of any binaries on the mounted filesystem to increase security. If scripts need to be executed from this mount point, the noexec option should not be used. The nosuid option prevents the setuid bit from taking effect, which is not directly related to the ability to execute scripts, but rather affects whether users can gain elevated privileges via setuid binaries. The options nodev and sync are related to device node handling and write synchronization respectively, and do not impact script execution. Therefore, noexec is the specific mount option that should be reviewed to resolve the given issue.
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