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Removing setuid

Removing setuid

Posted Nov 26, 2010 14:35 UTC (Fri) by Yorick (subscriber, #19241)
In reply to: Removing setuid by talex
Parent article: Ghosts of Unix past, part 4: High-maintenance designs

For a capability-based system, I would imagine tracing the user's own processes to be a question for his powerbox. I don't remember if the Capsicum papers discuss the design of a powerbox to go with the rest of the system.


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