Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:41:15 +0300 (EEST) | From | Meelis Roos <> | Subject | Re: ext3 to include capabilities? |
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> > You overlooked the step 2 requirement, as many people do. > > Much of the initial posix.1e (or whatever) spec, about which the Linux > kernel privileges support is based had the intention of removing, or > obsoleteing the whole "root" concept (or at least making it possible to do > so for chosen services).
The 's' bit would simply mean 'look at the capabilites', not suid root. And if there are no capabilities defined, it would mean full suid root.
--- Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
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