linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] devpts: Add ptmx_uid and ptmx

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Message-ID: <1431983091.10012.2.camel@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 May 2015 23:04:51 +0200
From:	Alexander Larsson <alexl@...hat.com>
To:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	mclasen@...hat.com, gnome-os-list@...me.org,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devpts: Add ptmx_uid and ptmx_gid options

On tor, 2015-03-26 at 12:29 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Ping?  It's been over a month.

Ping again. I've tested this with 
https://github.com/alexlarsson/xdg-app/tree/wip/userns
and this is the final kernel change needed to allow desktop sandboxing
without any raised priviledges (setuid etc).

So, 
Tested-by: alexl@...hat.com

And please, can we get some eyeballs on this, it really is very useful
(and very simple too).

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