Bug 797965

Summary: pscap shouldn't drop all capabilities.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Sverd Johnsen <sverd.johnsen>
Component: libcap-ngAssignee: Steve Grubb <sgrubb>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Sverd Johnsen 2012-02-27 16:36:03 UTC
Currently pscap drops all capabilities, thus if /proc/<pid>/stat is in some way restricted (3.3? grsec?) its use is limited at best.

Comment 1 Steve Grubb 2012-07-23 21:05:03 UTC
This is fixed in 0.6.7 which will be released soon.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2012-07-24 18:12:00 UTC
libcap-ng-0.7-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libcap-ng-0.7-1.fc17

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2012-07-24 23:30:50 UTC
Package libcap-ng-0.7-1.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libcap-ng-0.7-1.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-11057/libcap-ng-0.7-1.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-12-20 16:03:39 UTC
libcap-ng-0.7-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.