Re: [RFC] [PATCH] file posix capabilities

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Seth Arnold (seth.arnold@xxxxxxx):
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:39:12PM -0500, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > +int cap_task_kill(struct task_struct *p, struct siginfo *info,
> > +				int sig, u32 secid)
> > +{
> > +	if (info != SEND_SIG_NOINFO && (is_si_special(info) || SI_FROMKERNEL(info)))
> > +		return 0;
> > +
> > +	if (secid)
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Signal sent as a particular user.
> > +		 * Capabilities are ignored.  May be wrong, but it's the
> > +		 * only thing we can do at the moment.
> > +		 * Used only by usb drivers?
> > +		 */
> > +		return 0;
> > +	if (current->uid == 0 || current->euid == 0)
> > +		return 0;
> 
> uid/euid checks feel out of place in the capabilities code.

Wow, good point.

Will fix.

thanks,
-serge
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