Hi Andrey, On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since kernel 3.6.8, all non-existent capabilities (above CAP_LAST_CAP) > are not shown. > > Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man7/capabilities.7 | 6 +++++- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 > index b8f2a75..5e4e6bf 100644 > --- a/man7/capabilities.7 > +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 > @@ -1034,7 +1034,11 @@ The > file can be used to view the capability sets of a thread. > The > .I /proc/PID/status > -file shows the capability sets of a process's main thread. > +file shows the capability sets of a process's main thread. Since kernel 3.6.8, > +all non-existent capabilities (above > +.B CAP_LAST_CAP) > +are not shown. > +.\" 7b9a7ec565505699f503b4fcf61500dceb36e744 > > The > .I libcap > -- > 1.7.11.7 > Thanks. I applied a tweaked version of your patch, and replaced the stable kernel number with a mainline number, which is the norm in man-pages. Cheers, Michael diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index a663c22..64b642e 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 2012-12-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH CAPABILITIES 7 2013-02-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME capabilities \- overview of Linux capabilities .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -1035,6 +1035,13 @@ file can be used to view the capability sets of a thread. The .I /proc/PID/status file shows the capability sets of a process's main thread. +Before Linux 3.8, nonexistent capabilities were shown as being +enabled (1) in these sets. +Since Linux 3.8, +.\" 7b9a7ec565505699f503b4fcf61500dceb36e744 +all non-existent capabilities (above +.B CAP_LAST_CAP) +are shown as disabled (0). The .I libcap -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
