linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH for v3.14] AUDIT: Allow login in non-init namespaces

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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 17:18:13 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-audit@...hat.com, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	rgb@...hat.com,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for v3.14] AUDIT: Allow login in non-init namespaces

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> This is a requirement. I do not advocate "tricking" user space.

It's not about tricking user space. This is how we used to behave.
ECONNREFUSED is what you got in a non-init namespace. So this is a
*regression fix*, not some kind of trick.

And there is absolutely nothing to "discuss" about regression fixes.

If people want to start auditing non-init namespaces, go right ahead.
But it will *not* happen by breaking old behavior that people depended
on.

            Linus
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