On Fri, 2011-12-23 at 22:59 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 23.12.2011 22:52, schrieb Aaron Konstam:
>>> 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
>>
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid
>>
http://kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man7/capabilities.7.html
>
> Examples of a specific capability replaces a setuid. You web pages were
> of more help.
[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ getcap /bin/ping
/bin/ping = cap_net_raw+ep
I see the cap_net_raw in man capabilities. But what does
the +ep do?
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