Re: linux capabilities and ACLs

Martin Mares (mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:38:47 +0100


> In libc, if you see EPERM on open, send request for 'system opener
> daemon (running at root)' using unix domain socket. If sysopend sees
> you have permission, it passes you opened fd through that socket. Is
> that doable?

Probably yes, but *slow*.

Have a nice fortnight

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Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
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