Bug 1432878

Summary: getpcaps doesn't print process capabilities in the expected format
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Karel Srot <ksrot>
Component: libcapAssignee: Karsten Hopp <karsten>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
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Description Karel Srot 2017-03-16 10:00:41 UTC
Description of problem:

libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64

# ping localhost &> /dev/null &
[1] 1897
# getpcaps 1897
Capabilities for `1897': =ep

While the output should be 

  Capabilities for `1897': = cap_net_admin,cap_net_raw+p

as with libcap-2.22-9.el7.x86_64

Comment 1 Jan Kurik 2017-12-06 11:52:40 UTC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is in the Production 3 Phase. During the Production 3 Phase, Critical impact Security Advisories (RHSAs) and selected Urgent Priority Bug Fix Advisories (RHBAs) may be released as they become available.

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This issue does not meet the inclusion criteria for the Production 3 Phase and will be marked as CLOSED/WONTFIX. If this remains a critical requirement, please contact Red Hat Customer Support to request a re-evaluation of the issue, citing a clear business justification. Note that a strong business justification will be required for re-evaluation. Red Hat Customer Support can be contacted via the Red Hat Customer Portal at the following URL:

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