Re: Filesystem Capabilities in 2.6?

Antti Salmela (asalmela@iki.fi)
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:25:08 +0200


Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com> wrote:

> Each app should run in its own security context by itself. That is why
> I have all the following users in my /etc/passwd:
>
> apache nscd squid xfs ident rpc pcap nfsnobody radvd gdm named ntp

Well, wouldn't it be then logical to associate uids to capabilities, e.g. I
could have ping binary setuid to user ping which would have just the
necessary capabilities to operate?

-- 
Antti Salmela

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