Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Apr 1999 01:44:37 +0300 | From | Meelis Roos <> | Subject | Re: ext3 to include capabilities? |
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ADC> You gain so little (nothing?) over an executable header, and you lose ADC> so much compatibility. You waste inode space and risk having buggy ADC> filesystem code.
ADC> Better way:
ADC> 1. Put capabilities information in the executable header. ADC> 2. Mark the executable setuid root. ADC> 3. Have the kernel check for #1 if #2, and prefer #1 if present.
What if I make a new executable and make its header say it implies CAP_whatever? Probaly I have looked over something...
-- Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
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