From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Remove restricted_chown parameter
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:36:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48E15869.6080506@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080929215325.GB30363@lst.de>
Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> From: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
>
> On Linux all filesystems are supposed to be operating under
> Posix' restricted chown. Restricted chown means it restricts
> chown to the owner unless you have CAP_FOWNER.
>
> [hch: forward-ported to the current tree]
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Looks fine to me, but you should also update
Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt too, and remove the docs for the knob
(or maybe mark it obsolete, w/ the above explanation?)
-Eric
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c 2008-09-29 18:26:31.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_globals.c 2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
> */
> xfs_param_t xfs_params = {
> /* MIN DFLT MAX */
> - .restrict_chown = { 0, 1, 1 },
> .sgid_inherit = { 0, 0, 1 },
> .symlink_mode = { 0, 0, 1 },
> .panic_mask = { 0, 0, 255 },
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h 2008-09-29 18:18:43.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_linux.h 2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
> #define HAVE_DMAPI
> #endif
>
> -#define restricted_chown xfs_params.restrict_chown.val
> #define irix_sgid_inherit xfs_params.sgid_inherit.val
> #define irix_symlink_mode xfs_params.symlink_mode.val
> #define xfs_panic_mask xfs_params.panic_mask.val
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c 2008-09-29 18:18:43.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.c 2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -56,17 +56,6 @@ xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler(
>
> static ctl_table xfs_table[] = {
> {
> - .ctl_name = XFS_RESTRICT_CHOWN,
> - .procname = "restrict_chown",
> - .data = &xfs_params.restrict_chown.val,
> - .maxlen = sizeof(int),
> - .mode = 0644,
> - .proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
> - .strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
> - .extra1 = &xfs_params.restrict_chown.min,
> - .extra2 = &xfs_params.restrict_chown.max
> - },
> - {
> .ctl_name = XFS_SGID_INHERIT,
> .procname = "irix_sgid_inherit",
> .data = &xfs_params.sgid_inherit.val,
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.h 2008-09-29 18:18:43.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sysctl.h 2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ typedef struct xfs_sysctl_val {
> } xfs_sysctl_val_t;
>
> typedef struct xfs_param {
> - xfs_sysctl_val_t restrict_chown;/* Root/non-root can give away files.*/
> xfs_sysctl_val_t sgid_inherit; /* Inherit S_ISGID if process' GID is
> * not a member of parent dir GID. */
> xfs_sysctl_val_t symlink_mode; /* Link creat mode affected by umask */
> @@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_param {
> enum {
> /* XFS_REFCACHE_SIZE = 1 */
> /* XFS_REFCACHE_PURGE = 2 */
> - XFS_RESTRICT_CHOWN = 3,
> + /* XFS_RESTRICT_CHOWN = 3 */
> XFS_SGID_INHERIT = 4,
> XFS_SYMLINK_MODE = 5,
> XFS_PANIC_MASK = 6,
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c 2008-09-29 18:24:44.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c 2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1106,10 +1106,6 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr(
>
> /*
> * Change file ownership. Must be the owner or privileged.
> - * If the system was configured with the "restricted_chown"
> - * option, the owner is not permitted to give away the file,
> - * and can change the group id only to a group of which he
> - * or she is a member.
> */
> if (mask & FSX_PROJID) {
> /*
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c 2008-09-29 18:25:13.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c 2008-09-29 18:27:29.000000000 +0200
> @@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ xfs_setattr(
>
> /*
> * Change file ownership. Must be the owner or privileged.
> - * If the system was configured with the "restricted_chown"
> - * option, the owner is not permitted to give away the file,
> - * and can change the group id only to a group of which he
> - * or she is a member.
> */
> if (mask & (ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) {
> /*
> @@ -237,9 +233,8 @@ xfs_setattr(
> * shall be equal to either the group ID or one of the
> * supplementary group IDs of the calling process.
> */
> - if (restricted_chown &&
> - (iuid != uid || (igid != gid &&
> - !in_group_p((gid_t)gid))) &&
> + if ((iuid != uid ||
> + (igid != gid && !in_group_p((gid_t)gid))) &&
> !capable(CAP_CHOWN)) {
> code = XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
> goto error_return;
> @@ -433,10 +428,6 @@ xfs_setattr(
>
> /*
> * Change file ownership. Must be the owner or privileged.
> - * If the system was configured with the "restricted_chown"
> - * option, the owner is not permitted to give away the file,
> - * and can change the group id only to a group of which he
> - * or she is a member.
> */
> if (mask & (ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID)) {
> /*
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-29 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-29 21:53 [PATCH 2/3] Remove restricted_chown parameter Christoph Hellwig
2008-09-29 22:36 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2008-09-30 9:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-01 13:34 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-07 20:29 ` Christoph Hellwig
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-10-26 20:35 [PATCH 2/3] remove " Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-27 13:36 Christoph Hellwig
2008-10-28 2:54 ` Dave Chinner
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