Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266027AbUFPABT (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:01:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266033AbUFPABT (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:01:19 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:52704 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266027AbUFPABQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:01:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:01:09 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Kyle Moffett Cc: Chris Wright , Blair Strang , Trond Myklebust , lkml , David Howells Subject: Re: In-kernel Authentication Tokens (PAGs) Message-ID: <20040615170109.U21045@build.pdx.osdl.net> References: <772741DF-BC19-11D8-888F-000393ACC76E@mac.com> <1087080664.4683.8.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <1087084736.4683.17.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <87smcxqqa2.fsf@asterisk.co.nz> <8666.1087292194@redhat.com> <3943FF92-BEFE-11D8-95EB-000393ACC76E@mac.com> <20040615150707.B22989@build.pdx.osdl.net> <880FEF02-BF26-11D8-95EB-000393ACC76E@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <880FEF02-BF26-11D8-95EB-000393ACC76E@mac.com>; from mrmacman_g4@mac.com on Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 07:48:41PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1218 Lines: 30 * Kyle Moffett (mrmacman_g4@mac.com) wrote: > On Jun 15, 2004, at 18:07, Chris Wright wrote: > > * Kyle Moffett (mrmacman_g4@mac.com) wrote: > >> One thing that I would very much like to have is the ability to create > >> a new > >> shell with a new keyring, such that I can still see and use the old > >> keyring, > >> but I can create new keys without modifying the old keyring, even to > >> the > >> extent of masking out keys in the old keyring without modifying them > >> for > >> other processes. From my brief glance at your patch, that's not a > >> feature you have implemented. > > Sounds like a CLONE_KEYRING flag? > > I think the two concepts are unrelated. You should not be required > to create a new thread/process/task in order to give yourself a Just commenting on your desire to "create a new shell with a new keyring.." This had clone() implicit in it. thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net - 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/