On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:26:33PM -0500, serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxx> > > This can only be set by root in his own namespace, and will > only be respected by namespaces with that same root kuid > mapped as root, or namespaces descended from it. > > This allows a simple setxattr to work, allows tar/untar to > work, and allows us to tar in one namespace and untar in > another while preserving the capability, without risking > leaking privilege into a parent namespace. > > Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@xxxxxxxxxx> Seems like the simplest possible design which meets the requirements. Acked-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
