Re: [PATCH 2/2] file capabilities: turn on by default

From: Andrew G. Morgan
Date: Thu Aug 28 2008 - 20:37:52 EST


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Acked-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers

Andrew

Serge Hallyn wrote:
| Now that file capabilities can be turned off at boot, go ahead
| and compile them into the kernel by default by making
| CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES=y the default.
|
| Note that the boot flag no_file_caps must be specified to turn
| file capabilities off, as by default they are on. So the
| default behavior is in fact changed.
|
| Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
| ---
| security/Kconfig | 7 +++++--
| 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
|
| diff --git a/security/Kconfig b/security/Kconfig
| index 5592939..6fbb233 100644
| --- a/security/Kconfig
| +++ b/security/Kconfig
| @@ -75,12 +75,15 @@ config SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM
|
| config SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES
| bool "File POSIX Capabilities"
| - default n
| + default y
| help
| This enables filesystem capabilities, allowing you to give
| binaries a subset of root's powers without using setuid 0.
|
| - If in doubt, answer N.
| + You can still boot with the no_file_caps option to disable
| + file capabilities.
| +
| + If in doubt, answer Y.
|
| config SECURITY_ROOTPLUG
| bool "Root Plug Support"
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