Re: 2.6.6-mm2

From: Chris Wright
Date: Thu May 13 2004 - 14:52:18 EST


* Andrew Morton (akpm@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > +static int capability_mask;
> > +module_param_named(mask, capability_mask, int, 0);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mask, "Mask of capability checks to ignore");
>
> Is there a way to make this tunable at runtime, btw?

Yeah, it'd require sysctl or similar, and further reduces the security,
unless you only allow bit clearing or something.

thanks,
-chris
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