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SubjectRe: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/43] Completing the user namespace
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On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> - Capabilities are localized to the current user namespace making
>  it safe to give the initial user in a user namespace all capabilities.
>

So, this makes LXC and friends ready for hostile environments?
IOW a root user (with all capabilities) sitting in his own namespace can no
longer ham the host?

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Thanks,
//richard
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