--- "Serge E. Hallyn" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> The other is that root can lose capabilities by
> executing files with
> only some capabilities set. The next two patches
> change these
> behaviors.
It was the intention of the POSIX group that
capabilities be independent of uid. I would
argue that the old bevavior was correct, that
a program marked to lose a capability ought
to even if the uid is 0.
Casey Schaufler
[email protected]
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