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+.TH "CAPNG_UPDATEV" "3" "June 2009" "Red Hat" "Libcap-ng API"
+.SH NAME
+capng_updatev \- update the stored capabilities settings
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.B #include <cap-ng.h>
+.sp
+int capng_updatev(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type,
+ unsigned int capability, ...);
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+
+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.
+
+This function differs from capng_update in that you may pass a list of capabilities. This list must be terminated with a -1 value.
+
+.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+
+This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+
+.BR capng_update (3),
+.BR capabilities (7)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Steve Grubb