Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Nov 2002 21:04:07 -0700 (MST) | From | Dax Kelson <> | Subject | Re: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6? |
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On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Alexander Viro wrote:
> <shrug> that can be done without doing anything to filesystem. > Namely, turn current "nosuid" of vfsmount into a mask of capabilities. > Then use bindings instead of links. *Note* - binary _is_ marked suid, > mask tells which capabilities _not_ to gain. It's OK - attempt to > link(2) to the thing using binding will see that oldname and newname > are within different vfsmounts, so instead of link to suid-root binary > you get -EXDEV.
Any thoughts on how /usr/bin/(rpm|dpkg) copes with setting up the binding when installing a package?
Dax
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