| To: | Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 2/3] remove restricted_chown parameter |
| From: | Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:54:33 +1100 |
| Cc: | xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Tim Shimmin <tes@xxxxxxx> |
| In-reply-to: | <20081027133637.GC761@infradead.org> |
| Mail-followup-to: | Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Tim Shimmin <tes@xxxxxxx> |
| References: | <20081027133637.GC761@infradead.org> |
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| User-agent: | Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:36:37AM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > From: Tim Shimmin <tes@xxxxxxx> > > On Linux all filesystems are supposed to be operating under > Posix' restricted chown. Restricted chown means it restricts > chown to the owner unless you have CAP_FOWNER. > > [hch: forward-ported to the current tree] > > > Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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