Custom kernel not (auto)loading capabilities modules

[dejitarob]

Anonymous Wrote: 
> Hi.
> 
> When I boot from the "stock" Ubuntu kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386 (2.6.8.1-14),
> the linux security modules "capability" and "commoncap" both get
> loaded.
> The relevant part of my dmesg is:
> 
> <snip file="dmesg">
> lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
> Capability LSM initialized
> device-mapper: 4.1.0-ioctl (2003-12-10) initialised: dm at uk.sistina.com
> md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
> </snip>
> 
> I'm currently using a custom kernel (built using kernel-package) with
> both capability and commoncap enabled as modules, but when I boot I
> get
> the following error message from the init scripts:
> 
> <snip>
> * Starting system message bus... [OK]
> * Starting Hardware absatraction layer...
> 00:22:08.204 [W] hald.c:301: Your kernel does not support
> capabilities;
> some features will not be available
> * Starting file alteration monitor... [OK]
> </snip>
> 
> The dmesg from my custom kernel shows the missing line:
> 
> <snip>
> lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
> device-mapper: 4.1.0-ioctl (2003-12-10) initialised: dm at uk.sistina.com
> md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
> </snip>
> 
> The bit I don't understand is that I _can_ manually load the
> capabilities modules - "modprobe capaility" successfully loads
> "capability" and "commoncap".
> Here's the relevant section from my .config:
> 
> <snip>
> # Security options
> #
> CONFIG_SECURITY=y
> # CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK is not set
> CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES=m
> # CONFIG_SECURITY_ROOTPLUG is not set
> # CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX is not set
> <snip>
> 
> Should I just compile the modules into the kernel or put them
> into /etc/modules, or is this a kernel bug (I'll log it if so)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jaime
> 
> 
> 
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I'm getting the same..


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dejitarob