[PlanetCCRMA] kernel: setpcap

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> After much trying, I finally managed to compile my very own, working and
> bootable low-latency, preemptible kernel. 
>  
> I was more or less following Fernando's page system.html on the
> planet-ccrma site.
>  
> Now here's my current problem of the hour. In the page, Fernando says he
> uses the 'capabilities' patch, which allows programs launched by the
> user to run as root.
>  
> In any case, I scoured the net and couldn't find said patch. Does anyone
> know where to get it, or its actual complete name?

This is the patch:

=== CUT HERE ===
--- linux/include/linux/capability.h~	Thu Nov 22 11:46:19 2001
+++ linux/include/linux/capability.h	Fri Mar 15 15:16:20 2002
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@
 
 #define CAP_EMPTY_SET       to_cap_t(0)
 #define CAP_FULL_SET        to_cap_t(~0)
-#define CAP_INIT_EFF_SET    to_cap_t(~0 & ~CAP_TO_MASK(CAP_SETPCAP))
-#define CAP_INIT_INH_SET    to_cap_t(0)
+#define CAP_INIT_EFF_SET    to_cap_t(~0)
+#define CAP_INIT_INH_SET    to_cap_t(~0)
 
 #define CAP_TO_MASK(x) (1 << (x))
 #define cap_raise(c, flag)   (cap_t(c) |=  CAP_TO_MASK(flag))
=== CUT HERE ===

See this for more info:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.2/capfaq-0.2.txt

-- Fernando