Re: [patch] capabilities.7: NOTES: add last kernel versions for obsolete options

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 11/16/2014 06:03 PM, Chris Mayo wrote:
> 
> CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES option removed by:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/security?id=5915eb53861c5776cfec33ca4fcc1fd20d66dd27
> 
> CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES option removed in Linux 2.6.33 as already mentioned in DESCRIPTION

Thanks, Chris. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Chris Mayo <aklhfex-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man7/capabilities.7 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7
> index a1adcb5..bc461a4 100644
> --- a/man7/capabilities.7
> +++ b/man7/capabilities.7
> @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ is based on the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft standard; see
>  .UR http://wt.tuxomania.net\:/publications\:/posix.1e/
>  .UE .
>  .SH NOTES
> -Since kernel 2.5.27, capabilities are an optional kernel component,
> +From kernel 2.5.27 to kernel 2.6.26, capabilities are an optional kernel component,
>  and can be enabled/disabled via the
>  .B CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES
>  kernel configuration option.
> @@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ It can be found at
>  .UR http://www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/libs\:/security\:/linux-privs
>  .UE .
>  
> -Before kernel 2.6.24, and since kernel 2.6.24 if
> +Before kernel 2.6.24, and from kernel 2.6.24 to kernel 2.6.32 if
>  file capabilities are not enabled, a thread with the
>  .B CAP_SETPCAP
>  capability can manipulate the capabilities of threads other than itself.
> 


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