NAME

       capng_updatev - update the stored capabilities settings

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_updatev(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type,      unsigned int capability, ...);

DESCRIPTION

       capng_updatev will update the internal POSIX capabilities settings based on the options passed to it. The
       action should be either CAPNG_DROP to set the capability bit to 0, or CAPNG_ADD to set the capability bit
       to  1.  The operation is performed on the capability set specified in the type parameter. The values are:
       CAPNG_EFFECTIVE, CAPNG_PERMITTED, CAPNG_INHERITABLE, CAPNG_BOUNDING_SET, or CAPNG_AMBIENT. The values may
       be or'ed together to perform the same operation on multiple sets. The last parameter, capability, is  the
       capability define as given in linux/capability.h.

       This  function  differs  from capng_update in that you may pass a list of capabilities. This list must be
       terminated with a -1 value.

RETURN VALUE

       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO

       capng_update(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

Red Hat                                             June 2009                                   CAPNG_UPDATEV(3)