Re: [PATCH] System Wide Capability Bounding Set

From: Theodore Tso
Date: Thu Jan 06 2011 - 11:50:26 EST



On Jan 6, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:

> An LSM module can provide ability to aggregate several tasks into a group
> (called "security context" or "domain") and grant permissions against groups.
> We can selectively grant whatever capabilities against groups.
> Why do we need to get bothered by capability inheritance problem?

Yes, but LSM modules still can't stack, last I checked. So people would need to choose between this or SELinux, or build this capability into every single LSM module....

-- Ted

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