patch-2.3.22 linux/fs/namei.c

• Lines: 9
• Date: Thu Oct 14 14:19:56 1999
• Orig file: v2.3.21/linux/fs/namei.c
• Orig date: Thu Aug 26 13:05:40 1999

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.21/linux/fs/namei.c linux/fs/namei.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@
 
 	lock_kernel();
 	error = -EPERM;
-	if (S_ISDIR(mode) || (!S_ISFIFO(mode) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)))
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode) || (!S_ISFIFO(mode) && !capable(CAP_MKNOD)))
 		goto out;
 	tmp = getname(filename);
 	error = PTR_ERR(tmp);