On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 12:46:53PM -0800, Calvin Owens wrote: > > > > > > Restriction to CAP_SYSADMIN for follow_link is undertansble, but why do we > > > restrict readdir and readlink? > > > > We didn't think this functionality might be needed someone but us (criu > > camp), > > so that the rule of thumb was CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE + CAP_SYSADMIN, > > until > > otherwise strictly needed. So I think now we can relax security rules a bit > > and allow to readdir and such for owners. > > Ah, I feel silly for missing that. I'll send a patch to move map_files > out from behind CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE and change the permissions.
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