On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:50:10PM -0700, Andrew Morgan wrote:
>
> FWIW, in the mm kernel, I've actually already removed them when one
> configures without capabilities.
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.23-rc3/2.6.23-rc3-mm1/broken-out/v3-file-capabilities-alter-behavior-of-cap_setpcap.patch
>
> Other than writing a custom module, so far as I can tell, there is/was
> no way to set them anyway.
>
> I'd obviously prefer to wait for the mm-merge process to complete and
> minimize the churn in this area, but I basically agree that the bits as
> implemented are pretty useless in their current form. In a per-process
> mode (with filesystem capability support) they are much more useful...
It was in the tree for nine years (sic) without a single user...
Are you only improving a dead horse, or do you also have a rider for the
improved dead horse?
> Cheers
>
> Andrew
cu
Adrian
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