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PR_SET_KEEPCAPS(2const) PR_SET_KEEPCAPS(2const)
PR_SET_KEEPCAPS - set the state of the "keep capabilities" flag
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */ #include <sys/prctl.h> int prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, long state);
Set the state of the calling thread's "keep capabilities" flag. The effect of this flag is described in capabilities(7). state must be either 0L (clear the flag) or 1L (set the flag). The "keep capabilities" value will be reset to 0 on subsequent calls to execve(2).
On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
EINVAL state is not a valid value. EPERM The caller's SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS_LOCKED flag is set (see capabilities(7)).
Linux.
Linux 2.2.18.
prctl(2), PR_GET_KEEPCAPS(2const)
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