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From: Aaron Jones <aaronmdjones-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] capabilities: Ambient capabilities
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 20:22:17 +0000
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On 19/05/15 20:07, Andy Lutomirski wrote:> It's in the cover letter,
rather vaguely.  I think I want to change
> the setpriv syntax a bit before sending it upstream, though -- it's
> sucks that you have to duplicate the option.
>
> Perhaps the ambient-caps option should implicitly raise inheritable
> caps if they're not already raised.  Or maybe the absence of an
> inh-caps rule should cause any requested ambient caps to be made
> inheritable as well.
>
> --Andy

I propose an additional --ambient-inh option to copy everything from
--inh-caps to the ambient set. Explicit is better than implicit.

-- 
Aaron Jones