Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 1 Sep 2005, Olaf Dietsche murmured woefully: >> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run >> privileged executables without the need for suid root. > > Is there some reason why this doesn't keep its capability data in > xattrs?
When I started fscaps, xattr were new to me and I didn't understand how to use them. So, I went and made a small and independent patch. If you're interested in an xattr based approach, you may look at <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/>, which is very old or at <http://www.stanford.edu/~luto/linux-fscap/>, which is a more recent implementation. As serge pointed out, there's a third from Nicholas Hans Simmonds. Regards, Olaf. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
