Messages in this thread | | | From | Olaf Dietsche <olaf.dietsche#> | Subject | Re: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6? | Date | Sun, 03 Nov 2002 14:55:39 +0100 |
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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.
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