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From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@olafdietsche.de>
To: Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@rameria.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.15: Filesystem capabilities 0.16
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:25:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zmlx5gkb.fsf@goat.bogus.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601142358.31628.ioe-lkml@rameria.de>

Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@rameria.de> writes:

> On Saturday 14 January 2006 22:21, Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run
>> privileged executables without the need for suid root.
>
> Why not implement this via xattr framework and the "system." 
> namespace there? I would suggest "system.posix_capabilties" for this.

This already exists. See
<http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_frm/thread/bbcb9a5d4204db6d/92da59d319865d7b>,
<http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_frm/thread/b8f2508c00c76938/d76a17c820b8a0a8>
and <http://www.stanford.edu/~luto/linux-fscap/>

> That way you can reduce your infrastructure, take advantage
> of caching features, have user space tools for viewing and changing 
> this and resize2fs works for it now or soon.
>
> What do you think?

Short (and lazy ;-) answer: <http://groups.google.com/group/linux.kernel/browse_frm/thread/6a4f4b26c110c742/83ad1d63035fd290>

Regards, Olaf.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-01-15 21:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-14 21:21 Olaf Dietsche
2006-01-14 22:58 ` Ingo Oeser
2006-01-15 20:57   ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-01-15 21:25   ` Olaf Dietsche [this message]
2006-01-16 19:16 ` Horst von Brand
2006-01-21 22:35   ` Olaf Dietsche

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