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On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:45:57 +0100 |
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David W Noon <dwnoon@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> In fact, POSIX capabilities are a mechanism to *reduce* a program's |
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> permissions, not increase them. |
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It's true that Linux "capabilities" are used to replace SUID and that does reduce the programs permissions. |
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On the other hand programs like Wine. Which no one would never run with SUID could be run with CAP_NET_RAW. |
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That would be a increase in permissions. Wine needs to be able to ping because some program need to use IPX[1], |
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Like Red Alert 2. Someone has made a patch for Red Alert 2 to use TCP/IP and I can not think of another program off the top of my head. |
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That information came from "man 7 capabilities". So I guess it's all about how you look at it. |
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internetwork_Packet_Exchange |
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