RE: [PATCH v5 0/3] implement OA2_CRED_INHERIT flag for openat2()

[David Laight]

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> So I want a way to give *an entire container* access to a directory.
> Classic UNIX DAC is just *wrong* for this use case.  Maybe idmaps
> could learn a way to squash multiple ids down to one.  Or maybe
> something like my silly credential-capturing mount proposal could
> work.  But the status quo is not actually amazing IMO.

Isn't that what gids are for :-)

	David

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