Re: [PATCH] 64bit capability support (legacy support fix)

From: Andrew Morton <akpm_at_nospam>
Date: Wed Nov 21 2007 - 03:25:18 GMT
To: Andrew Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:25:27 -0800 Andrew Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> wrote:

> The attached patch (171282b3553fcec43b9ab615eb7daf6c2b494a87) applies
> against 2.6.24-rc2-mm1. It addresses the problem reported by Kevin and
> Andy - ultimately, the legacy support wasn't transparent. In particular,
> userspace 32-bit capability manipulations (when run by root) that used
> to work, without this patch, fail.

My venerable FC1 machine says warning: process `zsh' gets w/ old libcap warning: process `zsh' gets w/ old libcap warning: process `zsh' gets w/ old libcap

should I be scared?
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