Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-51,: Re: [RFC] Problem with Linux capabilities support

# Re: [RFC] Problem with Linux capabilities support

Casey Schaufler (casey@sgi.com)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:30:40 -0800

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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:

> How does Irix handle this? Or does it also require all userspace
> programs be capabilities aware?

The bit that's missing from the Linux capabilities implementation
is the file capability set. Irix uses the POSIX P1003.1e scheme,
as interpreted by our team. Programs don't have to be capability
aware, that's one reason the 1e scheme is as "rich" as it is.

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