From: Linda Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Steven Stewart-Gallus <sstewartgallus00@mylangara.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: Utilities don't take into account capabilities
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:54:31 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53F11687.5060805@tlinx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fbcec6cf5352.53efd3e4@langara.bc.ca>
Steven Stewart-Gallus wrote:
> The utilities such as mount don't take into account capabilities and always fail
> for non root users which is wrong.
>
> This is really, really, really annoying when working in a sandboxed non root
> shell with pseudo capabilities.
----
I was just going to ask what capabilities need to be set for mount to work.
Seriously... What capabilities does mount need in order to function?
If this is in the 'util-linux', shouldn't these be utilities for
linux? I.e.
the default linux kernel supports capabilities these days...no?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-17 20:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-16 21:57 Utilities don't take into account capabilities Steven Stewart-Gallus
2014-08-17 20:54 ` Linda Walsh [this message]
2014-08-18 0:57 ` Steven Stewart-Gallus
2014-08-18 1:23 ` Linda Walsh
2014-08-18 14:47 ` Dale R. Worley
2014-08-18 19:19 ` Linda Walsh
2014-08-18 21:57 ` Dale R. Worley
2014-08-18 12:05 ` Mike Frysinger
2014-08-18 17:40 ` Steven Stewart-Gallus
2014-08-19 9:07 ` Karel Zak
2014-08-19 21:54 ` Steven Stewart-Gallus
2014-08-22 0:38 ` Linda Walsh
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