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diff --git a/man/man2/unshare.2 b/man/man2/unshare.2 index e724649505..79a960728b 100644 --- a/man/man2/unshare.2 +++ b/man/man2/unshare.2 @@ -461,6 +461,17 @@ Such functionality may be added in the future, if required. .\"be incrementally added to unshare without affecting legacy .\"applications using unshare. .\" +.PP +Creating all kinds of namespace, except user namespaces, requires the +.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN +capability. +However, since creating a user namespace automatically confers a full set of +capabilities, +creating both a user namespace and any other type of namespace in the same +.BR unshare () +call does not require the +.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN +capability in the original namespace. .SH EXAMPLES The program below provides a simple implementation of the .BR unshare (1) |