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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:21:29 +0200 |
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"Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl@g.o> wrote: |
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> linux-2.6.24 supports file based capabilities via: |
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> CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES |
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> This will provide more secured installation for users with a little |
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> effort, less usage of root user. |
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> What do you think? |
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Needs package manager support. Effectively this requires an EAPI bump, |
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since ebuilds need to know whether they can rely upon caps being |
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preserved across a merge or whether they have to degrade to a setuid |
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bit. |
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Package manager support shouldn't be very hard, and there just needs to |
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be a minimal interface for it, so an EAPI proposal shouldn't be tricky |
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(and if there's call for it, you could ask for EAPI 2 being EAPI 1 + |
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file caps). |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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