Jesse Pollard wrote: >That wasn't quite the question I was considerding: > > a) Would I be allowed to open the file IF I had the following... > >The question posed by the samble code above is: > > b) Would I be allowed to open the file IF I attempted to open > the file.. > >Big difference. The question a) is more like what would be used by daemons >(NFS/Samba...) to avoid changing uid. The second question b) is not really >usefull since the open itself makes the same query. However, apps that ask question (a) are often broken, so I won't complain if we don't provide support for question (a). I also won't mind if we do let modules provide support for question (a) -- other folks are welcome to do this, if they think it is useful. What I *would* object to is if *all* modules are required to support question (a): IMHO, that's a policy decision that we shouldn't be making in this project. _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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