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NAME

       capng_updatev - update the stored capabilities settings

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int  capng_updatev(capng_act_t action, capng_type_t type,      unsigned
       int capability, ...);

DESCRIPTION

       capng_updatev will update  the  internal  posix  capabilities  settings
       based on the options passed to it. The action should be eith CAPNG_DROP
       to set the capability bit to 0, or CAPNG_ADD to set the capability  bit
       to 1. The operation is performed on the capability set specified in the
       type  parameter.  The  values  are:  CAPNG_EFFECTIVE,  CAPNG_PERMITTED,
       CAPNG_INHERITABLE, CAPNG_BOUNDING_SET. The values may be or’ed together
       to perform the same operation on  multiple  sets.  The  last  paramter,
       capability, is the capability define as given in linux/capability.h.

       This  function differs from capng_update in that you may pass a list of
       capabilities. This list must be terminated with a -1 value.

RETURN VALUE

       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO

       capng_update(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb