Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:38:36 GMT From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Perforce Change Reviews <perforce@freebsd.org> Subject: PERFORCE change 148400 for review Message-ID: <200808251638.m7PGcaTR039647@repoman.freebsd.org>
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http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=148400 Change 148400 by rwatson@rwatson_fledge on 2008/08/25 16:37:46 Clarify status of privileges project on privileges page. Affected files ... .. //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/privileges.page#3 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/privileges.page#3 (text+ko) ==== @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ <cvs:keywords xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS" version="1.0"> <cvs:keyword name="freebsd"> - $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/privileges.page#2 $ + $P4: //depot/projects/trustedbsd/www/privileges.page#3 $ </cvs:keyword> </cvs:keywords> @@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ <span id="cvsup-collection">p4-cvs-trustedbsd-cap</span> </p> + <p>NB: Historically this project was referred to as fine-grained + capabilities, but due to a vocabulary conflict, it has been renamed + to fine-grained privileges. Information in this page currently refers + to a FreeBSD 5.x-era project to support fine-grained privileges, and + will shortly be superseded by a similar project for FreeBSD 8.x.</p> + <p>POSIX.1e breaks root privilege into a set of privileges (historically referred to as "Capabilities"), which allow the granting of specific privilege requirements for POSIX calls, such
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