centos man page for capng_updatev

Query: capng_updatev

OS: centos

Section: 3

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CAPNG_UPDATEV(3)						   Libcap-ng API						  CAPNG_UPDATEV(3)

NAME
capng_updatev - update the stored capabilities settings
SYNOPSIS
#include <cap-ng.h> int capng_updatev(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type, unsigned int capability, ...);
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/capabil- ity.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.
RETURN VALUE
This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
SEE ALSO
capng_update(3), capabilities(7)
AUTHOR
Steve Grubb Red Hat June 2009 CAPNG_UPDATEV(3)
Related Man Pages
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setcap(8) - linux
setcap(8) - mojave
setcap(8) - minix
setcap(8) - posix
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