Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755004AbYAYBUy (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:20:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752030AbYAYBUd (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:20:33 -0500 Received: from mail.cyberdogtech.com ([64.22.125.39]:56917 "EHLO mail.cyberdogtech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751770AbYAYBU2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:20:28 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 501 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:20:28 EST Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:12:01 -0600 From: Matt LaPlante To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: "Default Linux Capabilities" default in 2.6.24 Message-Id: <20080124191201.324cf1a0.kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.6 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 716 Lines: 23 I'm doing a make oldconfig with the new 2.6.24 kernel. I came to the prompt for "Default Linux Capabilities" which defaults to No: --- Default Linux Capabilities (SECURITY_CAPABILITIES) [N/y/?] (NEW) ? --- However the help text recommends saying Yes. --- This enables the "default" Linux capabilities functionality. If you are unsure how to answer this question, answer Y. --- Does this seem incongruous? Also, what's the "question"? :) Thanks, Matt LaPlante -- 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/