SETCAP
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 24th October 2008
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NAME
setcap - set file capabilities
SYNOPSIS
setcap [-q] [-v] (capabilities|-|-r) filename [ ... capabilitiesN fileN ]
DESCRIPTION
In the absence of the
-v
(verify) option
setcap
sets the capabilities of each specified
filename
to the
capabilities
specified. The
-v
option is used to verify that the specified capabilities are currently
associated with the file.
The
capabilities
are specified in the form described in
cap_from_text(3).
The special capability string,
'-',
can be used to indicate that capabilities are read from the standard
input. In such cases, the capability set is terminated with a blank
line.
The special capability string,
'-r',
is used to remove a capability set from a file.
The
-q
flag is used to make the program less verbose in its output.
EXIT CODE
The
setcap
program will exit with a 0 exit code if successful. On failure, the
exit code is 1.
SEE ALSO
cap_from_text(3),
cap_set_file(3),
getcap(8)