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From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf.dietsche#list.linux-kernel@t-online.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] 2.5.45: fix fs capabilities initialization
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 19:10:16 +0100
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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);
 }
-
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