From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264278AbUENFkp (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 01:40:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264297AbUENFko (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 01:40:44 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:26784 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264278AbUENFkn (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 May 2004 01:40:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 22:40:42 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Chris Wright , Andy Lutomirski , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] capabilities, take 3 (Re: [PATCH] capabilites, take 2) Message-ID: <20040513224042.O21045@build.pdx.osdl.net> References: <200405131308.40477.luto@myrealbox.com> <20040513182010.L21045@build.pdx.osdl.net> <200405131945.53723.luto@myrealbox.com> <20040513220415.E22989@build.pdx.osdl.net> <200405140532.i4E5WF4p006799@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200405140532.i4E5WF4p006799@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>; from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu on Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:32:15AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu) wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 2004 22:04:15 PDT, Chris Wright said: > > > 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. > > The IRIX 6.5 manpage says: Thanks. OK, this is precisely POSIX as I expected. No surprise given the folks involved. > Note that Irix has *3* capability vectors attached to a file.... This is what POSIX specifies (with as much authority as a withdrawn spec has ;-) thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net