capng_have_capability(3) — Linux manual page

CAPNG_HAVE_CAPABILITY(3)      Libcap-ng API     CAPNG_HAVE_CAPABILITY(3)

NAME

       capng_have_capability - check for specific capability

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_have_capability(capng_type_t which, unsigned int
       capability);

DESCRIPTION

       capng_have_capability will check the specified internal
       capabilities set to see if the specified capability is set. The
       capabilities sets must be previously setup with calls to
       capng_get_caps_process, capng_get_caps_fd, or in some other way
       setup. The values for which should be one of: CAPNG_EFFECTIVE,
       CAPNG_PERMITTED, CAPNG_INHERITABLE, CAPNG_BOUNDING_SET, or
       CAPNG_AMBIENT.

RETURN VALUE

       This function will return 1 if yes and 0 otherwise.

SEE ALSO

       capng_get_caps_process(3), capng_get_caps_fd(3),
       capng_have_capabilities(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb

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Red Hat                         June 2009       CAPNG_HAVE_CAPABILITY(3)

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