temporarily allow executables in /tmp

[bigste]

I'm trying to run PlateSpin (a WMI data gathering product) from another server. It wants to execute some commands via FTP and SSH and collect the results afterwards but it seems to be trying to do it in the /tmp folder.
It fails on Permission Denied every time.
How can I set the /tmp folder to allow executables to run, for a week or so and then set it back after, with causing too much damage?

Apparently it involves mounting without the noexec parameter, is that it?

[tuxicans]

Yes,

Please try remounting with noexec like this.

mount -o remount,rw,exec,nosuid /tmp

and check using the command "mount -l" to confirm that the partition has been mounted without noexec.

To change back to noxec, the following command would be sufficiant.

mount -o remount,rw,noexec,nosuid /tmp

[Mat-d-rat]

I'm trying this out, but my tmp partition doesn't change? What am I missing?