From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933573AbXHYSaX (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:30:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758769AbXHYSaM (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:30:12 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:53368 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756214AbXHYSaK (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:30:10 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:28:46 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andrew Morgan Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" , chrisw@sous-sol.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove securebits Message-ID: <20070825182846.GN30705@stusta.de> References: <20070824210649.GG30705@stusta.de> <20070824211942.GA24478@vino.hallyn.com> <46CFA6F2.9030209@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46CFA6F2.9030209@kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:50:10PM -0700, Andrew Morgan wrote: > > FWIW, in the mm kernel, I've actually already removed them when one > configures without capabilities. > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc3/2.6.23-rc3-mm1/broken-out/v3-file-capabilities-alter-behavior-of-cap_setpcap.patch > > Other than writing a custom module, so far as I can tell, there is/was > no way to set them anyway. > > I'd obviously prefer to wait for the mm-merge process to complete and > minimize the churn in this area, but I basically agree that the bits as > implemented are pretty useless in their current form. In a per-process > mode (with filesystem capability support) they are much more useful... It was in the tree for nine years (sic) without a single user... Are you only improving a dead horse, or do you also have a rider for the improved dead horse? > Cheers > > Andrew cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed