Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.6.23: Filesystem capabilities 0.17 | From | Olaf Dietsche <> | Date | Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:49:32 +0100 |
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> writes:
>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to >> run privileged executables without the need for suid root. > Hmm, is there some "design document" so that one does not have to poke > through the code and find out what it's actually trying to do?
What do you mean with "trying to do"? I thought this is obvious, it provides executables with filesystem capabilities.
> Also why don't you use extended attributes or store them inside the > executable like Pavel did (you link it from your web page).
The links from my web page are there to show alternatives, nothing else. When I started in 2002, xattr where pretty new or nonexistant.
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