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diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index 1d1d4c9224..0e1c83f128 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ .\" other capabilities where the permitted or inheritable bit is set. .\" 2011-09-07, mtk/Serge hallyn: Add CAP_SYSLOG .\" -.TH CAPABILITIES 7 2012-08-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH CAPABILITIES 7 2012-10-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME capabilities \- overview of Linux capabilities .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -545,12 +545,23 @@ employ various privileged operations on virtual terminals. .TP .BR CAP_SYSLOG " (since Linux 2.6.37)" +.IP * 3 Perform privileged .BR syslog (2) operations. See .BR syslog (2) for information on which operations require privilege. +.IP * +View kernel addresses exposed via +.I /proc +and other interfaces when +.IR /proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict +has the value 1. +(See the discussion of the +.I kptr_restrict +in +.BR proc (5).) .TP .BR CAP_WAKE_ALARM " (since Linux 3.0)" Trigger something that will wake up the system (set |