Re: [PATCH] security: add a mount option to make caps inheritable, re-enable CAP_SETPCAP

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> Attempt to make capabilities mildly useful, without breaking anything
> and while still adhering to POSIX.1e semantics:
> 
>  * add a "inhcaps" mount option (MS_INHCAPS) which provides full
>    executable inheritable and effective sets (we cannot provide
>    finer-grained control over the mask, as fs-independent mount
>    options are only one bit wide each);

>  * re-enable CAP_SETPCAP which had been disabled following an
>    incorrect analysis of a past sendmail security hole.

Okay, I guess these two should go as a separate patches... Otherwise
patch looks okay to me.

Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
								Pavel
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