Eugene Teo (eugene.teo@eugeneteo.net) wrote: > 175 /* > 176 * If the DACs are ok we don't need any capability check. > 177 */ > 178 if (((mode & mask & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE|MAY_EXEC)) == mask)) > 179 return 0; > 180 > 181 /* > 182 * Read/write DACs are always overridable. > 183 * Executable DACs are overridable if at least one exec bit is set. > 184 */ > 185 if ((mask & (MAY_READ|MAY_WRITE)) || (inode->i_mode & S_IXUGO)) > 186 if (capable(CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE)) > 187 return 0; > > in fs/namei.c > > any idea what DACs are? DAC == Discretionary Access Control I think a search on google will help you :-) -- Cordialement/Regards +--------------------------------------------------+ | Christophe Lucas -- IOMEDA SA (clucas@iomeda.fr) | | Developpeur/Administrateur GNU/Linux | +--------------------------------------------------+ | http://titux.tuxfamily.org | +--------------------------------------------------+ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
