Re: sticky bits in /proc etc

2020-06-11 Thread jim . cromie
On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 9:37 PM Valdis Klētnieks wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:24:17 -0600, jim.cro...@gmail.com said: > > Id like to ask about a possible new use for file and directory sticky bits, > > or setuid bits, to address the root-only use of /proc (etc) files > > The sticky bit and

Re: sticky bits in /proc etc

2020-06-10 Thread Valdis Klētnieks
On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 08:24:17 -0600, jim.cro...@gmail.com said: > Id like to ask about a possible new use for file and directory sticky bits, > or setuid bits, to address the root-only use of /proc (etc) files The sticky bit and setuid/gid bits already have meanings for directories, and changing

sticky bits in /proc etc

2020-06-10 Thread jim . cromie
Id like to ask about a possible new use for file and directory sticky bits, or setuid bits, to address the root-only use of /proc (etc) files this needs root echo module kvm +p > /proc/dynamic_debug/control how about this ? cat root-owned-readonly-file > /proc/dynamic_debug/control the