Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: caps in elf, next itteration (the hack get's bigger) | | Date | Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:52:07 -0400 | | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au> [...]
> If you really want to completely remove UID=0 tests from the kernel, > then we have to put caps into the FS as metadata, because using the > sticky bit on ordinary user files is too insecure. At the moment the > debate is about ELF cap headers and whether to use suid-root or the > sticky bit as the magic flag. In that debate, I think suid-root wins > by default.
Bingo! -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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