Messages in this thread | | | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Mon, 6 Sep 2021 16:56:44 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] Relax restrictions on user.* xattr |
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On Mon, 6 Sept 2021 at 16:39, Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com> wrote:
> IMHO the real problem here is that the user/trusted/system/security > 'namespaces' are arbitrary hacks rather than a proper namespacing > mechanism that allows you to create new (nested) namespaces and associate > permissions with each one.
Indeed.
This is what Eric Biederman suggested at some point for supporting trusted xattrs within a user namespace:
| For trusted xattrs I think it makes sense in principle. The namespace | would probably become something like "trusted<ns-root-uid>.".
Theory sounds simple enough. Anyone interested in looking at the details?
Thanks, Miklos
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