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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement file posix capabilities
From: Casey Schaufler <casey () schaufler-ca ! com>
Date: 2007-01-24 20:24:18
Message-ID: 239813.31714.qm () web36606 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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--- Bill O'Donnell <billodo@sgi.com> wrote:
> ... That said, can one expect, through
> the use of these enhanced capabilities,
> to be able to add some finer grain
> capabilities based on a specific userid?
POSIX capabilities are explictly disjoint from
userids in the kernel, and this is by design.
You could provide limited capability sets to
users at the application layer.
> In Chris' ping example,
> the suid is removed from /bin/ping to restrict it to
> root, and a
> capability added to allow any user to execute it.
> Can that example
> be extended to make it so only a _particular_ user
> can execute it?
Give the file the capability and set an
ACL that allows only that user execute access.
> I realize with SELinux, one could achieve the goal,
> but as a stopgap,
> can capabilities be used to get there?
Certainly, as above.
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill O'Donnell
> SGI
Have a look in /etc/irix.cap on a Trix box
some time. I suspect there might be one in
your facility.
Casey Schaufler
casey@schaufler-ca.com
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