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Message-ID: <87tzo5925v.fsf@olafdietsche.de>
Date:	Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:49:32 +0100
From:	Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@...fdietsche.de>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.linux-kernel@...fdietsche.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.23: Filesystem capabilities 0.17

Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> writes:

>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to
>> run privileged executables without the need for suid root.
>   Hmm, is there some "design document" so that one does not have to poke
> through the code and find out what it's actually trying to do?

What do you mean with "trying to do"? I thought this is obvious, it
provides executables with filesystem capabilities.

> Also why don't you use extended attributes or store them inside the
> executable like Pavel did (you link it from your web page).

The links from my web page are there to show alternatives, nothing
else. When I started in 2002, xattr where pretty new or nonexistant.

Regards, Olaf.
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