Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Apr 1999 19:28:37 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jonathan Walther <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Capabilities, this time in elf section |
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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Daniel Taylor wrote: > Exactly. > Non-SUID binary, & capabilities with user, > SUID binary, own capabilities.
I disagree. if you suid to some other user, then they become the effective user, so the effective capabilities should become and & of THAT users capabilities and the binaries capabilities, and not those of the invoker.
Doesn't anyone believe in the principle of least astonishment? :-(
Jonathan Walther Digital Video Broadcasting Systems http://216.100.231.12 (requires netscape)
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