NAME

       capng_get_caps_process - get the capabilities from a process

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_get_caps_process(void);

DESCRIPTION

       capng_get_caps_process  will  get  the capabilities and bounding set of the pid stored inside libcap-ng's
       state table. The default is the pid of the running process. This can be changed by using the capng_setpid
       function.

RETURN VALUE

       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.

NOTES

       If you are doing multi-threaded programming, calling this function will  only  get  capabilities  on  the
       calling  thread.  If  you  want to get overall capabilities for a multi-threaded process, you can only do
       that before creating any threads. Afterwards, threads may be able to independently set capabilities.

       capng_get_caps_process needs a mounted /proc to read the current bounding set, otherwise it will fail.

SEE ALSO

       capng_setpid(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

Red Hat                                             June 2009                          CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)