From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263660AbTDISua (for ); Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:50:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263662AbTDISua (for ); Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:50:30 -0400 Received: from cerebus.wirex.com ([65.102.14.138]:9470 "EHLO figure1.int.wirex.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263660AbTDISu3 (for ); Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:50:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:58:35 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: David Howells Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com, mingo@redhat.com, arjanv@redhat.com, alan@redhat.com, viro@math.psu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux authentication / credential management Message-ID: <20030409115835.A1603@figure1.int.wirex.com> Mail-Followup-To: David Howells , torvalds@transmeta.com, mingo@redhat.com, arjanv@redhat.com, alan@redhat.com, viro@math.psu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3946.1049901134@warthog.warthog> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3946.1049901134@warthog.warthog>; from dhowells@redhat.com on Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 04:12:14PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com) wrote: > > Would you be willing to consider having a "credential cache" in Linux 2.5 (or > is this something you'd rather leave to 2.7)? Did you look at the vfs_cred patch that Trond was floating before feature freeze? It doesn't have the session bit, but has the credential cache, modelled from BSD credentials. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103081213416497&w=2 and the ucred patch which lead to this thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103074971719243&w=2 It's certainly simpler, but could it be used as a starting point? thanks, -chris -- Linux Security Modules http://lsm.immunix.org http://lsm.bkbits.net