Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: CAP_SYSLOG, 2.6.38 and user space | From | Gergely Nagy <> | Date | Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:33:06 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 16:05 +0000, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Serge E. Hallyn (serge@hallyn.com): > > >From 2d7408541dd3a6e19a4265b028233789be6a40f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Serge Hallyn <serge@peq.(none)> > > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:26:15 -0600 > > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] cap_syslog: don't refuse cap_sys_admin for now > > > > At 2.6.39 or 2.6.40, let's add a sysctl which defaults to 0. When > > 0, refuse if cap_sys_admin, if 1, then allow. This will allow > > users to acknowledge (permanently, if they must, using /etc/sysctl.conf) > > that they've seen the syslog message about cap_sys_admin being > > deprecated for syslog. > > > > Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
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> James, do you mind taking this patch?
Would it be possible to change the commit message to say that 1 would be the default? Just to avoid future confusion... (having it at 0 default later would just postpone the userspace breakage)
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