Messages in this thread | | | From | Olaf Dietsche <olaf.dietsche#> | Subject | Re: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6? | Date | Mon, 04 Nov 2002 13:24:57 +0100 |
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Antti Salmela <asalmela@iki.fi> writes:
> Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com> wrote: > >> Each app should run in its own security context by itself. That is why >> I have all the following users in my /etc/passwd: >> >> apache nscd squid xfs ident rpc pcap nfsnobody radvd gdm named ntp > > Well, wouldn't it be then logical to associate uids to capabilities, e.g. I > could have ping binary setuid to user ping which would have just the > necessary capabilities to operate?
Welcome to accessfs :-)
<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=87k7km9fti.fsf%40goat.bogus.local> <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=87elau9ft2.fsf%40goat.bogus.local> <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=878z129fnz.fsf%40goat.bogus.local>
It's not exactly what you asked for, but I think it's the closest you can get at the moment.
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