Re: ext3 to include capabilities?

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 01:44:37 +0300


ADC> You gain so little (nothing?) over an executable header, and you lose
ADC> so much compatibility. You waste inode space and risk having buggy
ADC> filesystem code.

ADC> Better way:

ADC> 1. Put capabilities information in the executable header.
ADC> 2. Mark the executable setuid root.
ADC> 3. Have the kernel check for #1 if #2, and prefer #1 if present.

What if I make a new executable and make its header say it implies
CAP_whatever? Probaly I have looked over something...

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Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)

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