# Re: \[PATCH\] capabilities: Ambient capability set V2

- From: Andy Lutomirski \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-03-06 19:03:09 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/03/4445198
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/02/4438585/t.md

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On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Christoph Lameter [ref] wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Mar 2015, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
>
>> Sorry, something about that patch-patch didn't make sense to me, but I
>> need to look more closely.  My objection was that you were able to get the
>> pA capabilities into pP without them being in your pI.  Your proposed
>> change didn't seem like it would fix that.
>
> Just tried to fix that. Could it be that cap_inherited is never set even
> for a binary that has
>
> christoph@fujitsu-haswell:~$ getcap ambient_test
>
> ambient_test = cap_setpcap,cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw,cap_sys_nice+eip

I think that's right.  fI doesn't set pI.

--Andy
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