centos man page for capng_update

Query: capng_update

OS: centos

Section: 3

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CAPNG_UPDATE(3) 						   Libcap-ng API						   CAPNG_UPDATE(3)

NAME
capng_update - update the stored capabilities settings
SYNOPSIS
#include <cap-ng.h> int capng_update(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type,unsigned int capability);
DESCRIPTION
capng_update 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.
RETURN VALUE
This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
SEE ALSO
capng_updatev(3), capabilities(7)
AUTHOR
Steve Grubb Red Hat June 2009 CAPNG_UPDATE(3)
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