diff --git a/security/._cfg0000_capability.conf b/security/._cfg0000_capability.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..09517f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/._cfg0000_capability.conf @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +# +# /etc/security/capability.conf +# +# this is a sample capability file (to be used in conjunction with +# the pam_cap.so module) +# +# In order to use this module, it must have been linked with libcap +# and thus you'll know about Linux's capability support. +# [If you don't know about libcap, the sources for it are here: +# +# http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/ +# +# .] +# +# Here are some sample lines (remove the preceding '#' if you want to +# use them + +## user 'morgan' gets the CAP_SETFCAP inheritable capability (commented out!) +#cap_setfcap morgan + +## user 'luser' inherits the CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE capability (commented out!) +#cap_dac_override luser + +## 'everyone else' gets no inheritable capabilities (restrictive config) +none * + +## if there is no '*' entry, all users not explicitly mentioned will +## get all available capabilities. This is a permissive default, and +## possibly not what you want... On first reading, you might think this +## is a security problem waiting to happen, but it defaults to not being +## so in this sample file! Further, by 'get', we mean 'get in their inheritable +## set'. That is, if you look at a random process, even one run by root, +## you will see it has no inheritable capabilities (by default): +## +## $ /sbin/capsh --decode=$(grep CapInh /proc/1/status|awk '{print $2}') +## 0000000000000000= +## +## The pam_cap module simply alters the value of this capability +## set. Including the 'none *' forces use of this module with an +## unspecified user to have their inheritable set forced to zero. +## +## Omitting the line will cause the inheritable set to be unmodified +## from what the parent process had (which is generally 0 unless the +## invoking user was bestowed with some inheritable capabilities by a +## previous invocation).