Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 04 Oct 2003 00:18:18 -0700 | From | Andy Lutomirski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6.0-test6: Filesystem capabilities 0.15 |
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Olaf Dietsche wrote:
> This *untested* patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows > to run privileged executables without the need for suid root. > > Changes: - updated to 2.6.0-test6 - added lscap to show fs caps for a > particular file > > This patch is available at: > <http://www.olafdietsche.de/linux/capability/> >
I have an alternate patch, implementing file capabilities using xattrs. It also implements the exec changes I proposed a few days back, but this time around it's a config option. Note that this patch is very non-intrusive. The user API is through setxattr and friends, and the changes to any filesystem to support this patch are minimal (add the system.capabilities xattr and validate its contents on setxattr).
The patch and user tools are at http://www.stanford.edu/~luto/linux-fscap/ (Apply the cap- patches in order. Patches are against 2.6.0-test6 vanilla.)
Olaf -- what do you think? (I like your CAP_SETFCAP addition -- I may add it to my patch. Currently anyone can chcap their own files, as long as they hold the capabilities they want to permit.)
Example: $ su # cp `which ping` myping # chmod 755 myping # chcap cap_net_raw+p myping # exit $ ./myping localhost
-- Andy Lutomirski
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