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SubjectRe: Capabilities
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Jesse Pollard wrote:

> On several B2 rated systems, the shell IS capable of requesting level
> changes, and unless the shell is operating in the proper environment
> (capabilities, level, compartment, and process tree) then even the request
> for security change can be a violation. (BTW, the system calls for changing
> security environment has to be built into the shell - they don't work
> otherwise - see below)

It doesn't have to be built into the shell; you can have a separate
program that asks for the PID of the process to change.


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