Re: [PATCH 1/1] security: introduce fs caps

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting chris friedhoff (chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> The patch applies cleanly , compiles and runs smoothly against 2.6.18.1.
> 
> I'm running slackware-current with a 2.6.18.1 kernel on an ext3
> filesystem.
> 
> Background why I use the patch:
> With 2.6.18 to create a tuntap interface CAP_NET_ADMIN is required.
> Qemu uses tuntap to create a tap interface as a virtual net interface.
> Instead now running qemu with root privileges to give it the right
> to create a tap interface, i granted qemu with the help of the patch and
> Kaigai Kohei's userspace tools the cap-net_admin capability. So qemu
> runs again without root privilege but has now the right to create the
> tap interface.
> 
> Thanks for the patch. It reduces my the need of suid-bit progs.
> It should be given a spin in -mm.

One question is, if this were to be tested in -mm, do we want to keep
this mutually exclusive from selinux through config, or should selinux
stack on top of this?

> I will document my experiences on http://www.friedhoff.org/fscaps.html

Cool.

thanks,
-serge
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