On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:07:38AM +1300, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > >> > >> It would make sense if the capability requirements were finalized > >> before 3.3 is released. Changing them after 3.3 creates (at least a > >> little) pain for userspace. > >> > > > > OK. I'll update and send a patch out. > > Take a look at http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/capabilities.7.html > > The two most obvious alternatives are CAP_SYS_RESOURCE and > CAP_SYS_NICE. Maybe CAP_SYS_NICE is better? I say this because of the > (slight) similarity to existing operations in the CAP_SYS_NICE list. > Well, dunno Michael, CAP_SYS_RESOURCE looks a bit metter for me since the process is modifying own 'resources' (in term of what it owns). Maybe Andrew or Tejun have something to say? Cyrill -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
