Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:58:33 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: suser() -> capable() for linux/drivers |
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On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Alexander Kjeldaas wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 01:08:52PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Alexander Kjeldaas wrote: > > > > > This patch changes suser() to capable() in linux/drivers > > > > > [SNIPPED] > > I hope that this won't break everything so nothing will work until > > everybody completely reconfigures everything to use "capable" et-all. > > > > even init won't even be able to mount file-systems until it's modified. > > I won't be able to use /bin/bash in place of init. > > > > Hopefully, this has been well though out. I would not like to have > > to continue to use the present kernel forever. > > Try it. It changes nothing. The only effect is that if you look into > /proc/self/status you'll see (as root): > > [...] > CapInh: fffffeff > CapPrm: fffffeff > CapEff: fffffeff > > (the 'e' indicates that root doesn't have the CAP_SETPCAP capability). > > And as a normal user: > > [...] > CapInh: fffffeff > CapPrm: 00000000 > CapEff: 00000000 > > astor
Very good.
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