Bug#276354: marked as done (Linux capabilities per default not loaded)
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From: Christian Mayrhuber <christian.mayrhuber@gmx.net>
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Subject: Linux capabilities per default not loaded
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:16:16 +0200
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Package: kernel-image-2.6-686-smp
Version: 100
Please build the linux capabilities into the kernel or ask the user
to the capability module into /etc/modules during install.
The standard behaviour to have linux capabilites deactivated is
insecure.
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lg, Chris
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From: Horms <horms@debian.org>
To: Christian Mayrhuber <christian.mayrhuber@gmx.net>,
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Subject: Re: Bug#276354: Linux capabilities per default not loaded
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 05:16:16PM +0200, Christian Mayrhuber wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6-686-smp
> Version: 100
>
> Please build the linux capabilities into the kernel or ask the user
> to the capability module into /etc/modules during install.
> The standard behaviour to have linux capabilites deactivated is
> insecure.
I do not believe it is the role of the debian-kernel team
to determine the security model that users use, rather, to
provide a kernel that allows users to make these decisions for
themselves.
--
Horms
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