Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:22:07 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: security: introduce file caps |
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On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:14:58 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:06:55 -0600 > "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > > Implement file posix capabilities. This allows programs to be given > > a subset of root's powers regardless of who runs them, without > > having to use setuid and giving the binary all of root's powers. > > With this patch applied, my X server fails to exit when I do the normal > logout thing from the KDE menus.
After a manual kill of the X server I see on the VT:
xinit: Operation not permitted (errno 1): Can't kill X server
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