Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754263Ab3CTFIF (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:08:05 -0400 Received: from tundra.namei.org ([65.99.196.166]:47126 "EHLO tundra.namei.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751140Ab3CTFID (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:08:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:07:58 +1100 (EST) From: James Morris To: Casey Schaufler cc: Vivek Goyal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, dmitry.kasatkin@intel.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, ebiederm@xmission.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] capability: Create a new capability CAP_SIGNED In-Reply-To: <51438EDB.3050300@schaufler-ca.com> Message-ID: References: <1363379758-10071-1-git-send-email-vgoyal@redhat.com> <1363379758-10071-4-git-send-email-vgoyal@redhat.com> <51438EDB.3050300@schaufler-ca.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LRH 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 556 Lines: 18 On Fri, 15 Mar 2013, Casey Schaufler wrote: > Capabilities aren't just random attribute bits. They > indicate that a task has permission to violate a > system policy (e.g. change the mode bits of a file > the user doesn't own). Casey's right here, as well he should be. -- James Morris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/