centos man page for capng_updatev

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)