linux-kernel - [PATCH] libcap: introduce CAP

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Date:	Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:23:10 +0200
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew G. Morgan" <morgan@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] libcap: introduce CAP_SYSLOG

Since commit 38ef4c2e437d11b5922723504b62824e96761459 syslog
operations require CAP_SYSLOG capability (intoriduced by commit 
ce6ada35bdf710d16582cc4869c26722547e6f11), not CAP_SYS_ADMIN.

Patch introduces CAP_SYSLOG capability.

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>

---

 libcap/include/linux/capability.h |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libcap/include/linux/capability.h b/libcap/include/linux/capability.h
index 39e5ff5..4924f2a 100644
--- a/libcap/include/linux/capability.h
+++ b/libcap/include/linux/capability.h
@@ -355,7 +355,12 @@ struct cpu_vfs_cap_data {

 #define CAP_MAC_ADMIN        33

-#define CAP_LAST_CAP         CAP_MAC_ADMIN
+
+/* Privileged syslog operations currently require CAP_SYSLOG.
+   CAP_SYS_ADMIN is not acceptable anymore. */
+#define CAP_SYSLOG           34
+
+#define CAP_LAST_CAP         CAP_SYSLOG

 #define cap_valid(x) ((x) >= 0 && (x) <= CAP_LAST_CAP)

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