Release notes for 2.20 Jan 19, 2011

 * Latest kernel capabilites supported: now includes CAP_SYSLOG (patch from Sergey Senozhatsky)
 * $(CFLAGS) Makefile fixes from Torsten Werner
 * Default to installing setcap with an inheritable capability.
    o You can disable this feature with: make RAISE_SETFCAP=no install

Release notes for 2.19 Jan 14, 2010

 * Latest kernel header(s) - now include linux/securebits.h and linux/prctl.h copy
 * capsh
    o --print securebits in binary
    o support --drop=all
    o --print text usernames as well as numeric ids
    o add test for max lock-down state
 * New sys/securebits.h (from Serge)

Release notes for 2.18 Dec 6, 2009

 * Some documentation fixes from Mike Frysinger (getcap.8 and setcap.8)
 * Manual entry created for capsh.1
 * Added features to capsh:
   o --print supplementary group list
   o --user=<foo> argument to set user and groups to named user
   o --gid=<N> set gid of current user (N is numeric)
   o --groups=<g1>,<g2>,... to set supplementary group list

any progress in this? I could use CAP_SYSLOG in syslog-ng

please see

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=108

(In reply to comment #2)
> any progress in this? I could use CAP_SYSLOG in syslog-ng
> 
> please see
> 
> https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=108

and the local tracking ticket:

 * syslog-ng: Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated)
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718439

Version 2.19 builds with following specfile change (trivial):

---------
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
 /%{_lib}/security/pam_cap.so
 %doc doc/capability.notes License
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
---------


Both versions 2.20 and 2.21 fail with the following problem:
---------
...
make -C progs install
make[1]: Entering directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/libcap-2.20/progs'
mkdir -p -m 0755 /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin
for p in getpcaps capsh getcap setcap ; do \
        install -m 0755 $p /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin ; \
done
/builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin/setcap cap_setfcap=i /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin/setcap
unable to set CAP_SETFCAP effective capability: Operation not permitted
make[1]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/libcap-2.20/progs'
make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
make: *** [install] Error 2
---------


/jpo

PS - Version 2.21 libcap tarball from:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/

Libcap homepage:
 * https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/

Release notes for libcap:
 * https://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/release-notes-for-libcap


Download directory:
 * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/
 
Version 2.21 changelog:
----------
Release notes for 2.21 (Apr 28, 2011)

 * Introduce cap_get_bound() and cap_drop_bound() functions.
      also include a macro CAP_IS_SUPPORTED(cap) for capabilities
 * Add a manual cross link from libcap(3) to capsh(1)
---------

(In reply to comment #4)
> Both versions 2.20 and 2.21 fail with the following problem:
> ---------
> ...
> make -C progs install
> make[1]: Entering directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/libcap-2.20/progs'
> mkdir -p -m 0755 /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin
> for p in getpcaps capsh getcap setcap ; do \
>         install -m 0755 $p
> /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin ; \
> done
> /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin/setcap
> cap_setfcap=i
> /builddir/build/BUILDROOT/libcap-2.20-0.fc15.x86_64//usr/sbin/setcap
> unable to set CAP_SETFCAP effective capability: Operation not permitted
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/builddir/build/BUILD/libcap-2.20/progs'
> make[1]: *** [install] Error 1
> make: *** [install] Error 2
> ---------

Adding 'RAISE_SETFCAP=no' to the make install line allows the build to finish
(note in the Make.Rules file should be read):

----------
-make install DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} \
+make RAISE_SETFCAP=no install \
+             DESTDIR=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} \
---------

Latest upstream release: 2.22
Current version in Fedora Rawhide: 2.17
URL: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/

Please consult the package updates policy before you issue an update to a stable branch: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy

More information about the service that created this bug can be found at:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upstream_release_monitoring

Release notes for 2.22

 * Clarified License file (with version 2 of the GPL)

 * Support getting/setting capabilities on large files (Patch courtesy of Mikhail Kulinich by way of Serge Hallyn).

 * After --chroot command, change working directory to "/". This follows a suggestion from Steve Grubb, who pointed out: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/243.html

ping

libcap-2.22-1.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libcap-2.22-1.fc15

libcap-2.22-1.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libcap-2.22-1.fc14

Package libcap-2.22-1.fc14:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing libcap-2.22-1.fc14'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/libcap-2.22-1.fc14
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

libcap-2.22-1.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

libcap-2.22-1.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.