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SubjectRe: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6?
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, David D. Hagood wrote:
>> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> Would this not allow a user to add permissions to a file, by creating a
>> new directory entry and linking it to an existing inode?
>>
>> Would that not be a greater security hole?
>
> No. The file itself has _no_ capabilities at all. If you just link to it,
> you can give it whatever capabilities _you_ have as a user (well, normal
> users don't really have any capabilities to give, but you get the idea).

So, this would be the inheritable set only.

Regards, Olaf.
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