Bug 449988 - setcap documentation
Summary: setcap documentation
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libcap
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
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Assignee: Karsten Hopp
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 449984
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-06-04 16:30 UTC by Peter Vrabec
Modified: 2015-06-12 10:39 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2015-06-12 10:39:03 UTC
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Description Peter Vrabec 2008-06-04 16:30:10 UTC 
Description of problem:

man setcap should be improved. It needs:
 * explanation and examples of both adding and removing capabilities
 * guidance about how to set the capabilities so that they are not 
passed to child processes
 * big warning about inheritance
 * mention that chown removes capabilities
 * mention how mount suid/nosuid affects capabilities
Comment 1 Daniel Kopeček 2008-07-08 15:28:46 UTC 
* Describe setcap options (-q, -r #454438).
Comment 2 Karsten Hopp 2015-06-12 10:39:03 UTC 
I've left this open with the intention of fixing it when I have some spare time. It doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon, sorry.
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