> Hi Linus,
>
> This patch implements filesystem capabilities. It allows to run
> privileged executables without the need for suid root.
This is gross hack:
> +static char __capname[] = ".capabilities";
> +
> +static int __is_capname(const char *name)
> +{
> + if (*name != __capname[0])
> + return 0;
> +
> + return !strcmp(name, __capname);
> +}
Yup. Magic filename. With ACLs going in 2.5 and with ext2 support for
arbitrary metadata, doing capabilities right might be feasible now.
Pavel
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