Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751164AbVIBNrP (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 09:47:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751316AbVIBNrP (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 09:47:15 -0400 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:39176 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751164AbVIBNrO (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Sep 2005 09:47:14 -0400 To: Olaf Dietsche Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.13: Filesystem capabilities 0.16 References: <87ll2ghb95.fsf@goat.bogus.local> From: Nix X-Emacs: ed :: 20-megaton hydrogen bomb : firecracker Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:47:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87ll2ghb95.fsf@goat.bogus.local> (Olaf Dietsche's message of "1 Sep 2005 19:52:27 +0100") Message-ID: <87fysnmvj6.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 668 Lines: 16 On 1 Sep 2005, Olaf Dietsche murmured woefully: > This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run > privileged executables without the need for suid root. Is there some reason why this doesn't keep its capability data in xattrs? -- `... published last year in a limited edition... In one of the great tragedies of publishing, it was not a limited enough edition and so I have read it.' --- James Nicoll - 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/