| Nick Kralevich | 1d1011a | 2012-09-06 10:14:03 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .TH "CAPNG_UPDATEV" "3" "June 2009" "Red Hat" "Libcap-ng API" |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | capng_updatev \- update the stored capabilities settings |
| 4 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| 5 | .B #include <cap-ng.h> |
| 6 | .sp |
| 7 | int capng_updatev(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type, |
| 8 | unsigned int capability, ...); |
| 9 | |
| 10 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 11 | |
| 12 | capng_updatev 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. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | This function differs from capng_update in that you may pass a list of capabilities. This list must be terminated with a -1 value. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | .SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| 17 | |
| 18 | This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 21 | |
| 22 | .BR capng_update (3), |
| 23 | .BR capabilities (7) |
| 24 | |
| 25 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 26 | Steve Grubb |