2002-11-01 18:03:52

by Olaf Dietsche

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Subject: [PATCH] 2.5.45: fix fs capabilities initialization

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);
}