From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264159AbUENFER (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 01:04:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264184AbUENFER (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 01:04:17 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:17031 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264159AbUENFEQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 01:04:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:04:15 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Chris Wright , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] capabilities, take 3 (Re: [PATCH] capabilites, take 2) Message-ID: <20040513220415.E22989@build.pdx.osdl.net> References: <200405131308.40477.luto@myrealbox.com> <20040513182010.L21045@build.pdx.osdl.net> <200405131945.53723.luto@myrealbox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200405131945.53723.luto@myrealbox.com>; from luto@myrealbox.com on Thu, May 13, 2004 at 07:45:53PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Andy Lutomirski (luto@myrealbox.com) wrote: > As for Posix caps, is there any good reason to follow Posix? I > don't know of any OS that has Posix caps except Linux, and they're > broken. The spec was dropped, anyway. Well, I wonder what IRIX does? They support capabilities and had a reasonable sized hand in the draft. No point in making it impossible to port apps. It's not that I'm a strong fan of Posix caps, but compatibility (even with a partially complete draft) with defacto standards is not entirely unreasonable. thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net