This started out as addressing this bug:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216585
But I then made crosslink.sh to figure out what I had missed, and
fixed those bits too.
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
This function has been defined for a while (since libcap-2.30),
but I just found it wasn't documented.
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
In an effort to help folk contribute to the discussion around
existing bugs, and benefit from recently closed ones, update the
main library man pages with better direction towards recent info.
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
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Last-Update: 2015-10-02
Signed-off-by: Christian Kastner <ckk@kvr.at>
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
As well as substantial updates to the man pages, including
an explanation of how capabilities can be robustly used with
pthreads, implement a set of convenience functions in libcap
to make dropping privilege in careful ways straightforward.
These include adding the abstraction of libcap recommended
"modes" and cap_setuid() and cap_setgroups() functions.
The progs/quicktest.sh script and capsh has been extended
to validate each of these new functions.
Add convenience functions to the libcap/cap Go package.
Specifically, added Compare(), Differs(), GetSecbits() &
Secbits.Set(), GetMode() & Mode.Set(), SetUID() and
SetGroups().
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
