Messages in this thread |  | | From | Systemkennung Linux <> | Subject | Re: ideas for kernel 2.1 | Date | Sun, 16 Jun 1996 16:26:26 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hi,
> >Using securelevel and the immutable attribute of ext2 would solve > >your problem without your suggestion's problems. > > Better yet, isn't this the sort of thing POSIX.6 permissions were > designed for? Just give each program the permissions it needs... > (There's a mailing list for such discussion, but I can't remember > the address. Sorry.)
Securelevel & the immutable attibute present a small and quick solution also available in other Unices like BSD 4.4 and that still is compatible with the current UNIX style security system in Linux.
POSIX.6 is far bigger project that changes the fundamental principles (uid/gid, SETUID/SETGID) on which UNIX security is based. Anyway, the daring mind can test the POSIX.6 patches in
ftp://ftp.lmh.ox.ac.uk/pub/linux/kernel/patch/posix6-v1.diff.gz
Ralf
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