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Re: intent to package libcap



On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 16:51:01 +0800, Mikolaj J. Habryn wrote:
>libcap is the library interface to the POSIX.1e capability support in the
>kernel. It ships with a dual license, one of which is the GPL. 

What's the other?

I'd hate to see programs remain setuid that could use capabilities just
because they're GPL-incompatibly licensed.

BTW, can you provide a URL for an introduction to the capabilities stuff?

Ray
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