Re: CAP(abilities) and NFS mounted storage

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On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Sander Smeenk <ssmeenk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Quoting Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
>
>> > I've experimented with different capabilties, but CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE is
>> > not enough. I'd very much like to hear if it is possible for this to
>> > work on NFS like it does on local storage.
>> This will not work on NFS. The server, which enforces permissions, has
>> no way to know what capabilities your process has on the client.
>
> Thanks. I feared this answer. But i understand that the NFS-server cant
> know if the process on the NFS-client has CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
> capabilities set.
>
> Would setfsuid() help anything in this case? Or is it just a big no-go?
>

Are you looking for something like labeled NFS that supports
capabilities? I think Redhat7 has SElinux labeled NFS support.

> -Sndr.
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