.\" .\" $Id: setcap.8,v 1.1.1.1 1999/04/17 22:16:31 morgan Exp $ .\" .TH SETCAP 8 "24th October 2008" .SH NAME setcap \- set file capabilities .SH SYNOPSIS \fBsetcap\fP [-q] [-v] (\fIcapabilities|-|-r) filename\fP [ ... \fIcapabilitiesN\fP \fIfileN\fP ] .SH DESCRIPTION In the absence of the .B -v (verify) option .B setcap sets the capabilities of each specified .I filename to the .I capabilities specified. The .B -v option is used to verify that the specified capabilities are currently associated with the file. .PP The .I capabilities are specified in the form described in .IR cap_from_text (3). .PP The special capability string, .BR '-' , can be used to indicate that capabilities are read from the standard input. In such cases, the capability set is terminated with a blank line. .PP The special capability string, .BR '-r' , is used to remove a capability set from a file. .PP The .B -q flag is used to make the program less verbose in its output. .SH "EXIT CODE" The .B setcap program will exit with a 0 exit code if successful. On failure, the exit code is 1. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cap_from_text (3), .BR cap_set_file (3), .BR getcap (8)