Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 02/03/07 12:39 CST: > vsftpd can use the library libcap (see vsf_findlibs.sh in the source > tree). It's a simple library that basically just wraps the syscalls in > <linux/capability.h> and puts its API in <sys/capability.h>. vsftpd > will just make the syscalls itself if <sys/capability.h> doesn't exist > (see sysdeputil.c in the vsftpd source). > > http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.4/ > > Can I add this to the book?
Things like this shouldn't really need 'permission'. I consider a missing dependency as a defect. Let's keep the option to fix defects available all the way up until the final release. Does this should too risky? I don't think so, but others may. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.26] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 13:34:00 up 24 days, 13:48, 1 user, load average: 0.56, 0.22, 0.14 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
