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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
To: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <from-linux-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is CAP_SYS_ADMIN checked by every program !?
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:46:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200412300546.iBU5kVie023979@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:35:06 EST." <9033584D-5A24-11D9-989E-000393ACC76E@mac.com>

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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:35:06 EST, Kyle Moffett said:

> Yes, whenever anything on the computer, including the kernel, checks if 
> a program
> has a capability bit set, it will print out whether or not it does in 
> the dmesg.  Why
> does that matter?

If you actually log your kernel messages it can matter, if every single
process suddenly starts dumping a line in your syslogs, especially on a
busy system...

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-12-30  5:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-29  4:47 Is CAP_SYS_ADMIN checked by every program !? Tetsuo Handa
2004-12-30  3:52 ` Walter Liu
2004-12-30  4:45 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-12-30  5:35 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-12-30  5:46   ` Valdis.Kletnieks [this message]
2004-12-30  6:13     ` Bernd Eckenfels
2004-12-30  7:40   ` Tetsuo Handa
2004-12-30  8:24     ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-01-03 13:52     ` Stephen Smalley
2004-12-30 13:37 ` Tetsuo Handa

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