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diff --git a/libcap-ng-0.7/docs/capng_apply.3 b/libcap-ng-0.7/docs/capng_apply.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ba01229 --- /dev/null +++ b/libcap-ng-0.7/docs/capng_apply.3 @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.TH "CAPNG_APPLY" "3" "June 2009" "Red Hat" "Libcap-ng API" +.SH NAME +capng_apply \- apply the stored capabilities settings +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.B #include <cap-ng.h> +.sp +int capng_apply(capng_select_t set); + +.SH "DESCRIPTION" + +capng_apply will transfer the specified internal posix capabilities settings to the kernel. The options are CAPNG_SELECT_CAPS for the traditional capabilities, CAPNG_SELECT_BOUNDS for the bounding set, or CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH if transferring both is desired. + +.SH "RETURN VALUE" + +This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. + +.SH NOTES + +If you are doing multi-threaded programming, calling this function will only set capabilities on the calling thread. All other threads are unaffected. If you want to set overall capabilities for a multi-threaded process, you will need to do that before creating any threads. See the capset syscall for more information on this topic. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" + +.BR capset (2), +.BR capng_update (3), +.BR capabilities (7) + +.SH AUTHOR +Steve Grubb |