Re: Linux 2.4.7-ac10

Alan Cox
2001-08-09T19:48:47Z

> On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 07:51:34PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > ...
> > o Fix a bug in access() checks on X_OK with (Christoph Hellwig)
> > DAC ovveride
>
> root can no longer execute files it does not have access to, e.g.

Ok thats not quite correct behaviour.

> pluto -# ls -l /sbin/getty
> -r-x------ 1 bin bin 32784 Aug 8 06:54 /sbin/getty
> pluto -# /sbin/getty
> bash: /sbin/getty: Permission denied
> pluto -# chmod go+rx /sbin/getty

Right. The DAC stuff needs a bit of a different approach then