Re: [PATCH v4] kernel: Conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities

2015-02-23 Thread josh
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 04:11:32PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:03:36 +0200 Iulia Manda > wrote: > > > There are a lot of embedded systems that run most or all of their > > functionality > > in init, running as root:root. For these systems, supporting multiple users > >

Re: [PATCH v4] kernel: Conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities

2015-02-20 Thread Andrew Morton
On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:03:36 +0200 Iulia Manda wrote: > There are a lot of embedded systems that run most or all of their > functionality > in init, running as root:root. For these systems, supporting multiple users is > not necessary. > > This patch adds a new symbol, CONFIG_MULTIUSER, that ma

[PATCH v4] kernel: Conditionally support non-root users, groups and capabilities

2015-02-11 Thread Iulia Manda
There are a lot of embedded systems that run most or all of their functionality in init, running as root:root. For these systems, supporting multiple users is not necessary. This patch adds a new symbol, CONFIG_MULTIUSER, that makes support for non-root users, non-root groups, and capabilities opt