FilesystemCapabilties

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== Good ==
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 * "rsync -AXa" works ("AX" should be part of "a")
== Blockers ==
* "rsync -AXa" works, but "AX" should be part of "a"
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 * NFS does not support xattr (patches for NFSv3 exist: http://marc.info/?l=linux-security-module&m=126804495005609&w=2)
 * libcap2's pam_cap is not designed for least-privilege, has unexpected parsing results
 * dpkg-deb does not know about xattrs.

== Ugly ==
 * NFS does not support xattr

== Nice to Have ==
 * 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.

Good

  • "cp -a" works

Blockers

Ugly

  • NFS does not support xattr

Nice to Have

  • 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)