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 Libcap-&libcap-version; Libcap <para>The Libcap package implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. These capabilities are a partitioning of the all powerful root privilege into a set of distinct privileges.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&libcap-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&libcap-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Libcap Compile the package: make This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: make RAISE_SETFCAP=no prefix=/usr install chmod -v 755 /usr/lib/libcap.so The shared library needs to be moved to /lib, and as a result the .so file in /usr/lib will need to be recreated: mv -v /usr/lib/libcap.so.* /lib ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libcap.so) /usr/lib/libcap.so Contents of Libcap Installed programs Installed library capsh, getcap, getpcaps, and setcap libcap.{a,so} Short Descriptions capsh A shell wrapper to explore and constrain capability support capsh getcap Examines file capabilities getcap getpcaps Displays the capabilities on the queried process(es) getpcaps libcap Contains the libcap API functions libcap