On Sunday 18 April 2010 07:41:51 Mike Edenfield wrote:
On 4/18/2010 12:29 AM, Jonathan wrote:
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:46:25 +0100
David W Noondwn...@ntlworld.com wrote:
If any Joe Schmoe could imbue a program with capabilities, this might
be true. But that's not the way the system
On Friday 16 April 2010 23:13:34 Jonathan wrote:
I'm trying to work out how many ways there are to increase the permissions
of a user.
1: su -: Needs root password and you need to be in the group wheel.
2: sudo: You need to be in the group wheel or in the /etc/sudoers file,
using your
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:30:02 +0200, Mick wrote about Re: [gentoo-user]
How many ways are there for a user to increase their permissions?:
On Friday 16 April 2010 23:13:34 Jonathan wrote:
[snip]
4: Linux Capabilities or caps: Which increases permissions on a
per-file basis. e.g. removing SUID
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:45:57 +0100
David W Noon dwn...@ntlworld.com wrote:
In fact, POSIX capabilities are a mechanism to *reduce* a program's
permissions, not increase them.
It's true that Linux capabilities are used to replace SUID and that does
reduce the programs permissions.
On the other
Am 17.04.2010 23:32, schrieb Jonathan:
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:45:57 +0100
David W Noondwn...@ntlworld.com wrote:
In fact, POSIX capabilities are a mechanism to *reduce* a program's
permissions, not increase them.
It's true that Linux capabilities are used to replace SUID and that does
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:59:07 +0200
KH gentoo-u...@konstantinhansen.de wrote:
Sounds a little like putting someone in prison and than telling him
walking through the prison yard is increasing his freedom.
As Linux is a prison for programs then I guess your right.
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:40:01 +0200, Jonathan wrote about Re:
[gentoo-user] How many ways are there for a user to increase their
permissions?:
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:45:57 +0100
David W Noon dwn...@ntlworld.com wrote:
In fact, POSIX capabilities are a mechanism to *reduce* a program's
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:46:25 +0100
David W Noon dwn...@ntlworld.com wrote:
If any Joe Schmoe could imbue a program with capabilities, this might
be true. But that's not the way the system works.
Sorry, I think i'm missing your point.
Only root can run the setcap program to add capabilities
On 4/18/2010 12:29 AM, Jonathan wrote:
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:46:25 +0100
David W Noondwn...@ntlworld.com wrote:
If any Joe Schmoe could imbue a program with capabilities, this might
be true. But that's not the way the system works.
Sorry, I think i'm missing your point.
Only root can
I'm trying to work out how many ways there are to increase the permissions of
a user.
1: su -: Needs root password and you need to be in the group wheel.
2: sudo: You need to be in the group wheel or in the /etc/sudoers file, using
your own user password.
I'm not counting gksu and gksudo
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