Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Nov 2002 18:05:09 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6? |
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, David D. Hagood wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > And pathnames are a _hell_ of a lot better and straightforward interface > > than inode numbers are. It's confusing when you change the permission on > > one path to notice that another path magically changed too. > > Would this not allow a user to add permissions to a file, by creating a > new directory entry and linking it to an existing inode? > > Would that not be a greater security hole?
No. The file itself has _no_ capabilities at all. If you just link to it, you can give it whatever capabilities _you_ have as a user (well, normal users don't really have any capabilities to give, but you get the idea).
Linus
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