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SETCAP(8)                                      System Manager's Manual                                      SETCAP(8)



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 capa‐
       bilities 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)



                                                  24th October 2008                                         SETCAP(8)