Re: ext3 to include capabilities?

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Fri, 2 Apr 1999 14:41:15 +0300 (EEST)

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> > You overlooked the step 2 requirement, as many people do.
>
> Much of the initial posix.1e (or whatever) spec, about which the Linux
> kernel privileges support is based had the intention of removing, or
> obsoleteing the whole "root" concept (or at least making it possible to do
> so for chosen services).

The 's' bit would simply mean 'look at the capabilites', not suid root.
And if there are no capabilities defined, it would mean full suid root.

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