Re: Capabilities done right [diff against 2.3.1]

Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Wed, 19 May 1999 15:43:55 +1000


Horst von Brand writes:
> Pavel Machek <pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> dijo:
> > It may show that elf capabilities will be nice even when we have
> > filesystem support: they have nice property of being able to travel
> > across other unixes unharmed.
>
> That is a misfeature, as it allows smuggling capabilities.

That's not smuggling. That's "functioning as the sysadmin intended".
You continue to use the word "smuggling" in an inappropriate way, in
an attempt to evoke emotional responses, rather than rational thought.

Regards,

Richard....

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