NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR | COLOPHON

CAPNG_UPDATE(3)                 Libcap-ng API                CAPNG_UPDATE(3)

NAME         top

       capng_update - update the stored capabilities settings

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <cap-ng.h>
       int capng_update(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type,unsigned int
       capability);

DESCRIPTION         top

       capng_update will update the internal posix capabilities settings
       based on the options passed to it. The action should be eith
       CAPNG_DROP to set the capability bit to 0, or CAPNG_ADD to set the
       capability bit to 1. The operation is performed on the capability set
       specified in the type parameter. The values are: CAPNG_EFFECTIVE,
       CAPNG_PERMITTED, CAPNG_INHERITABLE, CAPNG_BOUNDING_SET. The values
       may be or'ed together to perform the same operation on multiple sets.
       The last paramter, capability, is the capability define as given in
       linux/capability.h.

RETURN VALUE         top

       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO         top

       capng_updatev(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR         top

       Steve Grubb

COLOPHON         top

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Red Hat                           June 2009                  CAPNG_UPDATE(3)

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