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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] file capabilities: two bugfixes

--- "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> ...
> The other is that root can lose capabilities by
> executing files with
> only some capabilities set. The next two patches
> change these
> behaviors.

It was the intention of the POSIX group that
capabilities be independent of uid. I would
argue that the old bevavior was correct, that
a program marked to lose a capability ought
to even if the uid is 0.


Casey Schaufler
casey@schaufler-ca.com
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