Re: [PATCH] Hooks for capget, capset

From: Stephen Smalley (sdsat_private)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 06:38:09 PDT

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    On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Stephen Smalley wrote:
    
    > The attached patch (relative to my previous patch that fixed
    > some bugs in the security_ops->capable/cap_capable calls) implements
    > hooks for the capget and capset calls.  I left as much as possible of the
    > functional logic in those calls untouched, only moving code that
    > examines or modifies the capability bits and code that performs
    > capability-specific authorization checks.  Two hooks were
    > defined for capset - the capset_check hook replaces the 
    > authorization checks, and the capset_set hook performs the
    > actual setting of the capability bits for a particular task.
    
    I've committed and pushed this patch.  
    
    --
    Stephen D. Smalley, NAI Labs
    ssmalleyat_private
    
    
    
    
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