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Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 22:10:55 -0600
From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
To: Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
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Subject: Re: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6?
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On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 09:00:38PM -0700, Dax Kelson wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> 
> > # mkcapwrap +net_raw ping.real
>
> Do you mean?
> 
> # mkcapwrap +net_raw ping

Actually I meant:

# mkcapwrap +net_raw ping.real ping

..in keeping with ln(1).

> The wrapper needs to setuid/gid to the uid/gid that invokes it.

Generally, though there'd need to be an option to emulate, say, setgid
mail.

> Currently all capabilities are cleared when non-root app does a execp. 
> This would need to be addressed.

Hrmm. I thought the inherit mask dealt with that. 

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