On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 09:55:56AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > For cases like the module_* hooks, and the other examples you pointed > out, I agree. > > For other cases, capable() is just not fine grained enough to actually > know what is going on (like CAP_SYS_ADMIN). In those cases you need an > extra hook to determine where in the kernel you are. Either we make capable fine grained enough (64 or 128bit capability vectors, I have some old code for that around and I know SGI used that more than a year ago) or we replace the capable in those cases with hooks entirely. _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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