Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:18:23 +0000 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: quantum capabilities |
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On Wed 19-04-06 17:01:53, Lukasz Stelmach wrote: > Greetings All. > > I've found a strange phenomenon associated with capabilities. It seems to be a > quantum like. > > when I run (as root) > > delfin:~# /usr/sbin/execcap '= cap_net_raw=ep' /bin/sh -c 'getpcaps $$' > Capabilities for `2438': =ep cap_setpcap-ep > > I don't know what really happens to those capablities I zero. And I can't really > figure out for when I try the wavefunction collapses > > delfin:~# strace -o /dev/null /usr/sbin/execcap '= cap_net_raw=ep' /bin/sh -c \ > 'getpcaps $$' > Capabilities for `2461': = cap_net_raw+ep > > Strange isn't it? Does it mean that processes can't really drop their privileges?
Is execcap setuid? strace does not work over setuid...
Pavel
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