Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Apr 1999 22:50:12 +0300 | From | Meelis Roos <> | Subject | Re: Subject: Re: ext3 to include capabilities? |
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ADC> if(setuid){ ADC> if(root_owned && cap_header) use_cap_header(); ADC> else use_setuid_bit(); ADC> }
But here root is still special. Somebody who has the permissions to create users may create a root user or change root's password and thus gain access to root and then to everything?
-- Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
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