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diff --git a/docs/capng_updatev.3 b/docs/capng_updatev.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2180f86 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/capng_updatev.3 @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.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 |