>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run
>> privileged executables without the need for suid root.
>
> This is gross hack:
>
>> +static char __capname[] = ".capabilities";
>> +
>> +static int __is_capname(const char *name)
>> +{
>> + if (*name != __capname[0])
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> + return !strcmp(name, __capname);
>> +}
Of course, this is a hack. A working hack, btw.
> Yup. Magic filename. With ACLs going in 2.5 and with ext2 support for
> arbitrary metadata, doing capabilities right might be feasible now.
I'm happy to take a look at a working solution.
How come, no one has implemented it yet? :-)
Regards, Olaf.
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