From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263850AbUEXXaP (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 19:30:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263923AbUEXXaP (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 19:30:15 -0400 Received: from CPE-61-9-212-151.qld.bigpond.net.au ([61.9.212.151]:26162 "EHLO youngs.au.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263850AbUEXXaL (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 19:30:11 -0400 Mail-Copies-To: never To: Linux Kernel List Cc: "Laughlin, Joseph V" Subject: Re: Modifying kernel so that non-root users have some root capabilities References: <67B3A7DA6591BE439001F2736233351202B47E6F@xch-nw-28.nw.nos.boeing.com> From: Steve Youngs X-Face: #/1'_-|5_1$xjR,mVKhpfMJcRh8"k}_a{EkIO:Ox<]@zl/Yr|H,qH#3jJi6Aw(Mg@"!+Z"C N_S3!3jzW^FnPeumv4l#,E}J.+e%0q(U>#b-#`~>l^A!_j5AEgpU)>t+VYZ$:El7hLa1:%%L=3%B>n K{^jU_{& Organization: Linux Users - Fanatics Dept. X-X-Day: Only 2431461 days till X-Day. Got Slack? X-URL: X-Request-PGP: X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 1659 2093 19D5 C06E D320 3A20 1D27 DB4B A94B 3003 X-Discordian-Date: Setting Orange, the 72nd day of Discord, 3170. X-Attribution: SY Mail-Followup-To: Linux Kernel List , "Laughlin, Joseph V" Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:24:17 +1000 In-Reply-To: <67B3A7DA6591BE439001F2736233351202B47E6F@xch-nw-28.nw.nos.boeing.com> (Joseph V. Laughlin's message of "Mon, 24 May 2004 15:21:56 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Joseph V Laughlin writes: > I've been tasked with modifying a 2.4 kernel so that a non-root user can > do the following: > Dynamically change the priorities of processes (up and down) > Lock processes in memory > Can change process cpu affinity I'm assuming that there are user-land tools to do these things now for root, right? So why not look into things like sudo(8) or even setuid executables? -- |---------------------| | Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. | | The proof of the pudding, is under the crust. | |-------------------------------------|