Re: [Vserver] how to set capabilities in Debian

From: Wilhelm Meier <wilhelm.meier_at_fh-kl.de>
Date: Tue 26 Sep 2006 - 10:50:57 BST
Message-Id: <200609261150.57972.wilhelm.meier@fh-kl.de>

Am Dienstag, 26. September 2006 11:10 schrieb Jim Wight:
> On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 18:40 +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > c) why would you want to add CAP_SYS_ADMIN to a guest?
>
> Taking 'you' in the sense of 'anyone', I would say for NFS.
>
> I don't want to hijack this thread, so can I refer you to one started by
> Wilhelm Meier on 13th Sep entitled 'How do I nfs-mount inside a
> vserver?', and which has gone quiet without being resolved.

Thank you for reactivating!

> I have never
> been able to get NFS to work without using CAP_SYS_ADMIN, even after
> upgrading to 2.6.17.11-vs2.0.2/0.30.210,

Seems to be still impossible in dev-branch vs2.1.1 (BINARY_MOUNT should do the
job but doesn't)

> and was on the point of raising
> the matter when that thread appeared. I too would like to know the
> circumstances under which NFS mounting can be achieved without resorting
> to CAP_SYS_ADMIN.
>
> Jim
>
>
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