On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Alexander Viro wrote:
> <shrug> that can be done without doing anything to filesystem.
> Namely, turn current "nosuid" of vfsmount into a mask of capabilities.
> Then use bindings instead of links. *Note* - binary _is_ marked suid,
> mask tells which capabilities _not_ to gain. It's OK - attempt to
> link(2) to the thing using binding will see that oldname and newname
> are within different vfsmounts, so instead of link to suid-root binary
> you get -EXDEV.
Any thoughts on how /usr/bin/(rpm|dpkg) copes with setting up the binding
when installing a package?
Dax
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