linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH] cgroup: enable write permission for the group of users

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Date:	Wed, 2 Feb 2011 02:27:33 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH] cgroup: enable write permission for the group of
 users


* Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Jordi Pujol <jordipujolp@...il.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Working in a development that uses control groups and libcgroup, I have found
> > that the files in control groups directories need write permission for the
> > group of users also.
> 
> This can be configured from userspace - chmod() works just fine on
> control files in cgroupfs.

Sure, many things can be worked around in user-space, but the question is, does the 
+g make sense as default cgroupfs permissions?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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