Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 May 1999 11:17:56 -0700 (PDT) | From | Y2K <> | Subject | Re: Capabilities done right [diff against 2.3.1] |
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On Tue, 18 May 1999, Johan [iso-8859-1] Myréen wrote: > The question is, is it right (from a philosophical point of view) that > the capabilities are transferred vith the bits, no matter where the bits > end up? Or shouldn't the fact that the 'ping' program has certain > privileges be linked to that it has been installed as a privileged > program in /sbin on a certain machine? I think it is excellent for restrictions to be copied all over the place. I could realy can less if cap-enhancers are not copied but the restrictions should move quite close to the program itself.
-- Any caps I mention are *derived* from a withdrawn draft posix document. See http://www.millenniumproductsllc.com/sjp/ for more info.
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