FilesystemCapabilties

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 * "cp -a" works
 * "rsync -AXa" works		 == Blockers ==
 * "rsync -AXa" works, but "AX" should be part of "a"
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 * dpkg-deb does not know about xattrs.

== Good ==
 * "cp -a" works

== Bad ==
 * NFS does not support xattr

== Ugly ==
 * libcap2's pam_cap has unexpected parsing results (should allow multiple matches on user)

== Fixed ==
 * libcap2-bin does not install pam_cap.so into the common-auth stack automatically (LP: #534658).

Dumping ground for notes on supporting filesystem capabilities.

Blockers

Good

  • "cp -a" works

Bad

  • NFS does not support xattr

Ugly

  • libcap2's pam_cap has unexpected parsing results (should allow multiple matches on user)

Fixed

  • libcap2-bin does not install pam_cap.so into the common-auth stack automatically (LP: #534658).

Security/FilesystemCapabilties (last edited 2014-12-19 01:09:24 by kees)