On 11/16/2014 06:03 PM, Chris Mayo wrote: > > CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES option removed by: > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/security?id=5915eb53861c5776cfec33ca4fcc1fd20d66dd27 > > CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES option removed in Linux 2.6.33 as already mentioned in DESCRIPTION Thanks, Chris. Applied. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Chris Mayo <aklhfex@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > man7/capabilities.7 | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 > index a1adcb5..bc461a4 100644 > --- a/man7/capabilities.7 > +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 > @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ is based on the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft standard; see > .UR http://wt.tuxomania.net\:/publications\:/posix.1e/ > .UE . > .SH NOTES > -Since kernel 2.5.27, capabilities are an optional kernel component, > +From kernel 2.5.27 to kernel 2.6.26, capabilities are an optional kernel component, > and can be enabled/disabled via the > .B CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES > kernel configuration option. > @@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ It can be found at > .UR http://www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/libs\:/security\:/linux-privs > .UE . > > -Before kernel 2.6.24, and since kernel 2.6.24 if > +Before kernel 2.6.24, and from kernel 2.6.24 to kernel 2.6.32 if > file capabilities are not enabled, a thread with the > .B CAP_SETPCAP > capability can manipulate the capabilities of threads other than itself. > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- 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
