linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] file capabilities: two bugfixes

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Message-ID: <402572.41716.qm@web36607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:41:04 -0800 (PST)
From:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] file capabilities: two bugfixes


--- "Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com> wrote:

> ...
> The other is that root can lose capabilities by
> executing files with
> only some capabilities set.  The next two patches
> change these
> behaviors.

It was the intention of the POSIX group that
capabilities be independent of uid. I would
argue that the old bevavior was correct, that
a program marked to lose a capability ought
to even if the uid is 0.


Casey Schaufler
casey@...aufler-ca.com
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