zhou peng wrote: > Hi, > > I have added ACL support to POSIX msg queue on linux kernel 2.6.32. > Casey Schaufler, would you or anyone like review the patch for me please? > I didn't see anything horribly wrong, but I have not tested it. Christoph's comments should be heeded. > The patch is attached. > Please include patches inline. It is much easier to make specific comments that way and it is The Way We Do Things. > Best, > > 2010/1/21 Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> zhou peng wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> There are ACL in file system, but why there are no ACL implementation >>> in IPC object, eg. shm, message queue, FIFO? >>> >>> >> Most people haven't noticed that IPC objects are even there, much less >> that they have mode bits and not ACLs. Even when we were doing security >> evaluations on Unix boxes in the 1990's they were considered insufficiently >> interesting to justify the additional work to do ACLs. >> >> If you really want ACLs on IPC objects it would make a dandy little >> project for a summer. I would be happy to review patches. >> >> >>> Is there any fine grained granting in ipc object just like in file object? >>> >>> >> As Stephen Smalley points out, you can do it with SELinux, although >> that it rather like driving a thumbtack with a bulldozer. >> >> >>> Thanks, >>> Best >>> >>> -- >>> zhoupeng >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
