Re: [PATCH] 2.6.23: Filesystem capabilities 0.17

[Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@olafdietsche.de>]

Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> writes:

>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to
>> run privileged executables without the need for suid root.
>   Hmm, is there some "design document" so that one does not have to poke
> through the code and find out what it's actually trying to do?

What do you mean with "trying to do"? I thought this is obvious, it
provides executables with filesystem capabilities.

> Also why don't you use extended attributes or store them inside the
> executable like Pavel did (you link it from your web page).

The links from my web page are there to show alternatives, nothing
else. When I started in 2002, xattr where pretty new or nonexistant.

Regards, Olaf.