Jan Kara <[email protected]> writes:
> On Thu 01-11-07 20:49:32, Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>> 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.
> Well, yes, that was obvious but I rather meant "how is it doing it?".
> So where does it store these bits and such.
The bits are stored in a sparse file named /.capabilities in the
directory of the mount point, where the corresponding executable
lives. The inode number of the file is the index into this file.
Regards, Olaf.
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