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diff --git a/doc/old/_setproccap.2 b/doc/old/_setproccap.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4579c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/old/_setproccap.2 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.\" +.\" $Id: _setproccap.2,v 1.1.1.1 1999/04/17 22:16:31 morgan Exp $ +.\" written by Andrew Main <zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> +.\" +.TH _SETPROCCAP 2 "26th April 1997" "Linux 2.1" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +_setproccap, _getproccap \- set/get process capabilities +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <sys/capability.h> +.sp +.BI "int _setproccap(size_t " usize ", __cap_s const *" iset ", __cap_s const *" pset ", __cap_s const *" eset ); +.sp +.BI "int _getproccap(size_t " usize ", __cap_s *" iset ", __cap_s *" pset ", __cap_s *" eset ); +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B _setproccap +sets the calling process' +Inheritable, Permitted and Effective capabilities to the sets specified. +A NULL pointer specifies that a set should not be changed. +.PP +.B _getproccap +copies the process' capability sets into the sets provided. +A NULL pointer specifies that a set should not be returned. +.PP +The +.I usize +argument specifies the size of the user-space capability sets, in bytes. +If the kernel uses a different size internally, it will truncate or +zero-fill as required. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and +.I errno +is set appropriately. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.SB EFAULT +One of the capability arguments was an invalid data pointer. +.TP +.SB EPERM +An attempt was made to add a capability to the Permitted set, or to set +a capability in the Effective or Inheritable sets that is not in the +Permitted set. +.TP +.SB ENOSYS +The POSIX.1e capability system was not configured into the kernel. +.SH "CONFORMING TO" +These system calls are specific to Linux. +The portable interfaces are +.IR cap_set_proc (3) +and +.IR cap_get_proc (3). +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR _setfilecap (2). |