Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:13:33 -0600 (CST) | From | Andrew McNabb <> | Subject | Re: Capabilities |
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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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