Re: [capabilities] Allow normal inheritance for a configurable set of capabilities

Pavel Machek
2015-02-25T21:50:31Z

On Mon 2015-02-02 18:08:06, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com):
> > I'm game to participate in such an effort. The POSIX scheme
> > is workable, but given that it's 20 years old and hasn't
> > developed real traction it's hard to call it successful.
>
> Over the years we've several times discussed possible reasons for this
> and how to help. I personally think it's two things: 1. lack of
> toolchain and fs support. The fact that we cannot to this day enable
> ping using capabilities by default because of cpio, tar and non-xattr
> filesystems is disheartening. 2. It's hard for users and

Capabilities in the elf notes actually solve 1.

Pavel
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