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SubjectRe: request: capabilities that allow users to drop privileges further
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Felix von Leitner wrote:
> I would like to be able to drop capabilities that every normal user has,
> so that network servers can limit the impact of possible future security
> problems further. For example, I want my non-cgi web server to be able
> to drop the capabilities to
>
> * fork
> * execve
> * ptrace
> * load kernel modules
> * mknod
> * write to the file system

You can have a look at
http://lsm.immunix.org/ and
http://lsm.immunix.org/lsm_modules.html
if there is something that fits your need.
If not, feel free to write a security module, that is able to do just what
you want. ;-)

cheers

Christian

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