CAPNG_APPLY(3)
NAME
capng_apply - apply the stored capabilities settings
SYNOPSIS
#include <cap-ng.h> int capng_apply(capng_select_t set);
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.
RETURN VALUE
This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
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 multithreaded process, you will need to do that before creating any threads.
See the capset syscall for more information on this topic.
SEE ALSO
capset(2), capng_update(3), capabilities(7)
AUTHOR
- Steve Grubb