Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:57:50 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6.15: Filesystem capabilities 0.16 |
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>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run >> privileged executables without the need for suid root. > >Why not implement this via xattr framework and the "system." >namespace there? I would suggest "system.posix_capabilties" for this. > >That way you can reduce your infrastructure, take advantage >of caching features, have user space tools for viewing and changing >this and resize2fs works for it now or soon. > >What do you think?
I think some filesystems lack the luxury of xattrs.
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