svn commit: r189153 - head/sys/sys

Robert Watson rwatson at FreeBSD.org
Sat Feb 28 02:44:40 PST 2009


Author: rwatson
Date: Sat Feb 28 10:44:39 2009
New Revision: 189153
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/189153

Log:
  Remove PRIV_ROOT -- all system privileges must now be explicitly named
  in support of forthcoming work on a fine-grained privilege mechanism.
  
  Facilitated by:	bz, thompsa, rink

Modified:
  head/sys/sys/priv.h

Modified: head/sys/sys/priv.h
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/sys/priv.h	Sat Feb 28 10:43:10 2009	(r189152)
+++ head/sys/sys/priv.h	Sat Feb 28 10:44:39 2009	(r189153)
@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@
 /*
  * Track beginning of privilege list.
  */
-#define	_PRIV_LOWEST	0
-
-/*
- * PRIV_ROOT is a catch-all for as yet unnamed privileges.  No new
- * references to this privilege should be added.
- */
-#define	PRIV_ROOT	1	/* Catch-all during development. */
+#define	_PRIV_LOWEST	1
 
 /*
  * The remaining privileges typically correspond to one or a small
@@ -67,6 +61,7 @@
  * privileges, such as the ability to reboot, and then loosely by
  * subsystem, indicated by a subsystem name.
  */
+#define	_PRIV_ROOT		1	/* Removed. */
 #define	PRIV_ACCT		2	/* Manage process accounting. */
 #define	PRIV_MAXFILES		3	/* Exceed system open files limit. */
 #define	PRIV_MAXPROC		4	/* Exceed system processes limit. */


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