On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 23:55 -0500, Richard Heck wrote:
> On 12/22/2011 03:33 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> Richard Heck wrote:
>>> When I do:
>>> ls /bin/ping
>>> I get "ping" displayed with black text on a red background. I
don't see
>>> anything special about its permissions. What's up?
>>
>> Fedora switched[1] from using the suid-bit to capabilities. If you
>> wish to see capabilities you can run "getcap" on the file.
>>
>> $ getcap /bin/ping
>>
>> [1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RemoveSETUID
>>
> Thanks. I did eventually figure this out. Unfortunately, there doesn't
> seem to be much documentation about this particular set of colors,
> though it is reminiscent of what happens with e.g. mount and umount.
I guess I am thick because I can't understand the explanation in the web
page above. An example or two might have helped.
you need to understand what SETUID and CAPABILITIES are
what examples are you expecting? these are technics