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Re: Vnode scope implementation



On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 08:17:00PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
 > Supporting euid 0 is a reason that kauth needs to be able to switch
 > "not allowed" to "allowed", but without additional information (that
 > might be fs-specific) it is likely to turn into a too-blunt hammer.
 > 
 > E.g. even root isn't allowed to exec /etc/passwd, because it's not
 > executable. I think this requires subdividing the fs check further...

Er wait, misread stuff, I believe it's ok.

n/m

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David A. Holland
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