Messages in this thread | | | From | David Howells <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/9] Add a user_namespace as creator/owner of uts_namespace | Date | Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:19:08 +0000 |
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Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> > Which means that unless the uts_namespace belongs to our user_namespace, we > > cannot change it. Is that correct? > > No. If you are root in a parent namespace you can also change it.
But surely, by definition, if you're a user in this namespace, you can't also be root in a parent namespace...
For the case I worked through current_user() is a member of current_user_ns() and can't also be a member of its parent, grandparent, etc. - or can it?
David
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