Re: why are capabilities disabled?

[Chris Wright]

* Sven Köhler (skoehler@xxxxxx) wrote:
> >>"getpcaps 1" shows, that the init-process is started without 
> >>cap_setpcap, and i know that i can change that somehow.
> >>So why are capabilities disabled? and how do i enable them?

Oh, I see.  Not having cap_setpcap does not mean capabilities are
disabled.  It's the standard set.

> i found the hint again: i have to change the value CAP_INIT_EFF_SET in 
> capability.h, so that init-process is not started with disabled 
> cap_setpcap, but is this still a security risk?

Yes.  Don't do that.

thanks,
-chris
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