ons 2005-06-08 klockan 15:27 -0500 skrev Manfred Georg:
> Hi,
>
> I was working with passing capabilities through an exec and it
> didn't do what I expected it to. That is, if I set a bit in
> the inherited capabilities, it is not "inherited" after an
> exec(). After going through the code many times, and still not
> understanding it, I hacked together this patch. It probably
> has unforseen side effects and there was probably some
> reason it was not done in the first place.
Please read the thread at
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0503.1/1571.html
Basically it says that because a broken interface was accepted from the
beginning it can't be changed due to the security aspect.
The whole thing sucks, sorry.
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