Re: Capabilities

From: Pavel Machek (pavel@ucw.cz)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 15:29:16 EST


Hi!

> > > The POSIX model leads to the modification of all of our file
> > > systems, a lot of the user space utilities, and a BIG change in
> > > how system administrators perform system inspection. We've already
> > > hashed in the list the issues with find(1),tar(1),cpio(1) and other
> > > utilities, but I think that's just the tip of the iceberg.
> >
> > No. You expand file that is
> >
> > user.group
> > 123.456 setgid
> >
> > by tar. Right? But 456 happens to be root on your system, while it was
> > bind-low-port priviledge on system you got tarball from. You still
> > need to modify tar, sorry.
>
> Pavel, what are you talking about?

I'm talking about proposal I snipped. In that proposal, GID _had_
special meaning.

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