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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2006-03-07 01:29:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2006-03-07 01:29:54 +0000 |
| commit | a7dd5ac61722c5dc364610c39a36649e688221cd (patch) | |
| tree | 4a997aef4439054df37b846002db8e45aa5b814d /man7/capabilities.7 | |
| parent | d1cf051b6116a58bf4adc7861518493e20c023f7 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-a7dd5ac61722c5dc364610c39a36649e688221cd.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index b47a401aa2..a6b442d49f 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ while unprivileged processes are subject to full permission checking based on the process's credentials (usually: effective UID, effective GID, and supplementary group list). -Starting with kernel 2.2, Linux divides the privileges traditionally associated with superuser into distinct units, known as +Starting with kernel 2.2, Linux divides the privileges traditionally +associated with superuser into distinct units, known as .IR capabilities , which can be independently enabled and disabled. .SS Capabilities List @@ -434,8 +435,9 @@ and file system user IDs (using .BR setresuid (2), or similar): .IP 1. 4 -If one or more of the real, effective or saved set user IDs was previously 0, -and as a result of the UID changes all of these IDs have a non-zero value, +If one or more of the real, effective or saved set user IDs +was previously 0, and as a result of the UID changes all of these IDs +have a non-zero value, then all capabilities are cleared from the permitted and effective capability sets. .IP 2. 4 |