Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:04:37 -0700 (PDT) | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/22] Introduce credential record |
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--- David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote: > > > > One thing I'm not certain about is how this should interact with /proc, > > > which can display some of the stuff in the cred struct. I think it may > be > > > necessary to have a real cred pointer and an effective cred pointer, with > > > the contents of /proc coming from the real, but the effective governing > > > what actually goes on. > > > > I think you want the effective values to show up in /proc. > > Perhaps - but bear in mind that in the override case they weren't set by the > process itself.
They are nonetheless in effect and (heaven forbid) should they be abused you don't want to hide the facts from concerned observers.
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