#7562 NORM 8.2.0 (: Reducing root's capabilities.

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#7562: Reducing root's capabilities.
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 Reporter:  cscott    |         Owner:  cscott              
     Type:  defect    |        Status:  new                 
 Priority:  normal    |     Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
Component:  security  |       Version:  not specified       
 Keywords:            |   Next_action:  never set           
 Verified:  0         |     Blockedby:                      
 Blocking:  7397      |  
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 Dropping some capabilities of root in the olpcrd (init, pid 1) before the
 rest of the system has been started, has been mentioned as a way to avoid
 disabling root completely.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/7562>
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