linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns

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Message-ID: <20110114145001.GB20945@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org>
Date:	Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:50:01 +0100
From:	Bastian Blank <bastian@...di.eu.org>
To:	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] allow killing tasks in your own or child userns

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 01:31:52AM +0000, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> Quoting Bastian Blank (bastian@...di.eu.org):
> > What is this flag used for anyway? I only see it used in the accounting
> > stuff, and if every user can get it, it is not longer useful.
> hm, I'm not sure...  maybe noone is using it!

This flag is from pre-git.

The only information is:
| #define ASU                0x02    /* ... used super-user privileges */

However with your patches (or at least the goal), everyone is super-user
in derived namespaces.

Bastian

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