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CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)					   Libcap-ng API					 CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)

NAME
       capng_get_caps_process - get the capabilities from a process

SYNOPSIS
       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_get_caps_process(void);

DESCRIPTION
       capng_get_caps_process  will get the capabilities and bounding set of the pid stored inside libcap-ng's state table. The default is the pid
       of the running process. This can be changed by using the capng_setpid function.

RETURN VALUE
       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.

NOTES
       If you are doing multi-threaded programming, calling this function will only get capabilities on the calling thread. If	you  want  to  get
       overall	capabilities  for  a  multi-threaded process, you can only do that before creating any threads. Afterwards, threads may be able to
       independantly set capabilities.

SEE ALSO
       capng_setpid(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR
       Steve Grubb

Red Hat 							     June 2009						 CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)