>>> Dan Williams <[email protected]> schrieb am 04.10.2016 um 18:11 in Nachricht <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 2016-10-04 at 12:08 -0400, Peter Jones wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 11:03:05AM -0500, Dan Williams wrote: >> > >> > All the iSCSI boot entries are read-only anyway; it's unclear why >> > the >> > CAP_SYS_ADMIN restriction is in place since this information isn't >> > particularly sensitive and cannot be changed. Userspace >> > applications >> > may want to read this without requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN for their >> > entire process just for iBFT info. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <[email protected]> >> >> Uh, because there are login credentials to the target in there. > > Fair enough. So can we just check CAP_SYS_ADMIN for the login > credentials, and not check it for all the IP details and such?
The "need to know?" principle: Who needs to know that information? > > Dan > >> > >> > --- >> > drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c | 3 --- >> > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) >> > >> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c >> > b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c >> > index d453667..4e9c324 100644 >> > --- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c >> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c >> > @@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ static ssize_t iscsi_boot_show_attribute(struct >> > kobject *kobj, >> > ssize_t ret = -EIO; >> > char *str = buf; >> > >> > - if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) >> > - return -EACCES; >> > - >> > if (boot_kobj->show) >> > ret = boot_kobj->show(boot_kobj->data, boot_attr- >> > >type, str); >> > return ret; >> > -- >> > 2.7.4 >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "open-iscsi" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
