Re: [PATCH 3/3] CRED: Move the effective capabilities into thecred struct

[Trond Myklebust]

On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 08:36 -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> Ok, what can't be copied, and why can't it be copied?

In practice, no security information can be copied because the checks
are all made on the "current" pointer. There is no mechanism other than
'current' for passing security information around.

Trond
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