Jan Kara <[email protected]> writes:
>> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to
>> run privileged executables without the need for suid root.
> Hmm, is there some "design document" so that one does not have to poke
> through the code and find out what it's actually trying to do?
What do you mean with "trying to do"? I thought this is obvious, it
provides executables with filesystem capabilities.
> Also why don't you use extended attributes or store them inside the
> executable like Pavel did (you link it from your web page).
The links from my web page are there to show alternatives, nothing
else. When I started in 2002, xattr where pretty new or nonexistant.
Regards, Olaf.
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