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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-07-17 04:19:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2019-07-17 04:19:01 +0200 |
| commit | 3b13efed75e67da9c4d501bedd77a30052afa7be (patch) | |
| tree | 447b8df54c573e41846d2a3b746b3e33618ef2a0 /man7/capabilities.7 | |
| parent | 4d4708bfd2d03c430d94017173a556bd6472b660 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-3b13efed75e67da9c4d501bedd77a30052afa7be.tar.gz | |
capabilities.7: Add a note about using strace on binaries that have capabilities
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index e9f46487aa..bdf36c9a40 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -1671,6 +1671,20 @@ is based on the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft standard; see .UR https://archive.org\:/details\:/posix_1003.1e-990310 .UE . .SH NOTES +When attempting to +.BR strace (1) +binaries that have capabilities (or set-user-ID-root binaries), +you may find the +.I \-u <username> +option useful. +Something like: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +$ \fBsudo strace \-o trace.log \-u ceci ./myprivprog\fP +.EE +.in +.PP From kernel 2.5.27 to kernel 2.6.26, .\" commit 5915eb53861c5776cfec33ca4fcc1fd20d66dd27 removed .\" CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES |