NAME¶
setcap - set file capabilities
SYNOPSIS¶
setcap [-q] [-v] (
capabilities|-|-r) filename [ ...
capabilitiesN fileN ]
DESCRIPTION¶
In the absence of the
-v (verify) option
setcap sets the
capabilities of each specified
filename to the
capabilities
specified. The
-v option is used to verify that the specified
capabilities are currently associated with the file.
The
capabilities are specified in the form described in
cap_from_text(3).
The special capability string,
'-', 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.
The special capability string,
'-r', is used to remove a capability set
from a file.
The
-q flag is used to make the program less verbose in its output.
EXIT CODE¶
The
setcap program will exit with a 0 exit code if successful. On
failure, the exit code is 1.
SEE ALSO¶
cap_from_text(3),
cap_set_file(3),
getcap(8)