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SubjectRe: caps in elf headers: use the sticky bit!
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> 
> Well, I didn't really want to mention it, but we do have an
> extension to NFS3 which propogates arbitrary extended attributes
> which we use for ACLs, Capabilities, and MAC labels in Trusted Irix.
> So we don't have to patch *Irix* for a heterogenous environment.
>
>

and an additional benefit of the arbitrary extended attributes
is that they could be used, for example, to track the RPM
that provided a file, could contain the date, time and media S/N that
the file was last backed up to, etc. et. al.

scott

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