This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run
privileged executables without the need for suid root.
Changes:
- recognize new capability db immediately instead of after the next
mount
The complete patch is available at:
<http://home.t-online.de/home/olaf.dietsche/linux/capability/>
Regards, Olaf.
diff -urN a/fs/fscaps.c b/fs/fscaps.c
--- a/fs/fscaps.c Fri Nov 1 18:52:41 2002
+++ b/fs/fscaps.c Fri Nov 1 02:06:15 2002
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
return;
if (__fscap_lookup(mnt, &nd))
- return;
+ nd.dentry = NULL;
__info_init(mnt, nd.dentry);
}