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CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

Posted Mar 14, 2012 17:29 UTC (Wed) by dpquigl (guest, #52852)
Parent article: CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

It's unclear to me why Serge isn't listed as the maintainer for the capabilities subsystem. He is the main proponent of Linux capabilities (at least the last time I paid attention to them). I would say anything having to do with capabilities should be run past Serge first. We don't let people introduce new security features without them being put through the security subsystem maintainer so I don't know why we let uses of the capability system slide.

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CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

Posted Mar 19, 2012 2:20 UTC (Mon) by jamesmorris (subscriber, #82698) [Link] (3 responses)

What do you mean? He is the maintainer :-)

CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

Posted Mar 19, 2012 19:04 UTC (Mon) by dpquigl (guest, #52852) [Link] (2 responses)

I looked in the MAINTAINERS file and didn't see his name anywhere. If it were there people might be more inclined to make sure they CC him on any capabilities related code.

CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

Posted Mar 19, 2012 19:08 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

You were probably looking at an inexcusably ancient kernel, like 3.3-rc7 or something. The MAINTAINERS file addition went in just before the 3.3 release.

CAP_SYS_ADMIN: the new root

Posted Mar 19, 2012 20:09 UTC (Mon) by dpquigl (guest, #52852) [Link]

It was even more inexcusable than 3.3-rc7 I hadn't done a pull since February 28th. The shame. I see that he is listed now.


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