| To: | Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 2/3] Remove restricted_chown parameter |
| From: | Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:33:43 +0200 |
| Cc: | Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <48E15869.6080506@sandeen.net> |
| References: | <20080929215325.GB30363@lst.de> <48E15869.6080506@sandeen.net> |
| Sender: | xfs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| User-agent: | Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 05:36:25PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > 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> > > Looks fine to me, but you should also update > Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt too, and remove the docs for the knob > (or maybe mark it obsolete, w/ the above explanation?) Makes sense, I'll update it. |
| <Prev in Thread] | Current Thread | [Next in Thread> |
|---|---|---|
| ||
| Previous by Date: | TAKE 987634 - xfs_repair - repaired inode may be left dirty and not written, Barry Naujok |
|---|---|
| Next by Date: | XFS website remiss, J.H. |
| Previous by Thread: | Re: [PATCH 2/3] Remove restricted_chown parameter, Eric Sandeen |
| Next by Thread: | [PATCH 3/3] use inode_change_ok for setattr permission checking, Christoph Hellwig |
| Indexes: | [Date] [Thread] [Top] [All Lists] |