Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic

From	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic
Date	2016-11-25 19:10 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 09:33:50AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Serge,
> 
> On 11/24/2016 11:52 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote:
> > Quoting Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) (mtk.manpages@gmail.com):
> 
> [...]
> 
> >> Could we have a man-pages patch for this feature? Presumably for 
> >> user_namespaces(7) or capabilities(7).
> > 
> > capabilities.7 doesn't actually mention anything about user namespaces
> > right now.  
> 
> True. There's really just this:
> 
>    Interaction with user namespaces
>        For a discussion of  the  interaction  of  capabilities  and  user
>        namespaces, see user_namespaces(7).
> 
> > I'll come up with a patch for both I think.  Do you have a
> > deadline for a new release coming up?
> 
> No deadlines as such. The last couple of years, as a sort of 
> experiment, I've fallen into the same release cycle as the kernel
> (typically making a release in the week or so after the kernel release),
> and I am even using a similar numbering scheme. Ideally, the man-pages
> patch would go into the release that corresponds to the kernel release
> that makes the change.

Cool - I'll write something up in the next few weeks.

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[PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more  magic "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2016-11-19 16:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-11-24 00:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2016-11-24 09:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2016-11-25 00:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2016-11-25 10:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2016-11-25 19:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> - 2016-11-25 21:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2016-11-29 22:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-08 05:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2016-12-08 06:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-08 06:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-09 09:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even  more magic "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com> - 2016-12-09 14:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-09 22:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH RFC] user-namespaced file capabilities - now with even more magic ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-10 00:40 +0100

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