Messages in this thread | | | From | Olaf Dietsche <olaf.dietsche#> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.45: Filesystem capabilities | Date | Sat, 02 Nov 2002 14:43:18 +0100 |
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Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> writes:
>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run >> privileged executables without the need for suid root. > > This is gross hack: > >> +static char __capname[] = ".capabilities"; >> + >> +static int __is_capname(const char *name) >> +{ >> + if (*name != __capname[0]) >> + return 0; >> + >> + return !strcmp(name, __capname); >> +}
Of course, this is a hack. A working hack, btw.
> Yup. Magic filename. With ACLs going in 2.5 and with ext2 support for > arbitrary metadata, doing capabilities right might be feasible now.
I'm happy to take a look at a working solution. How come, no one has implemented it yet? :-)
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