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CAPABILITY.CONF(5) File Formats Manual CAPABILITY.CONF(5)
capability.conf - pam_cap module configuration file
/etc/security/capability.conf
The syntax for lines in this configuration file is:
# <-- ´#´ precedes a comment
<IAB><SPACE><WHO>
Where <IAB> refers to the text format for an inheritable IAB
capability tuple, cap_iab(3) , or the words all or none.
The reserved word all does not grant all the inheritable
capabilities, but acts as a simple pass-through for any
prevailing IAB tuple capabilities. The reserved word none refers
to an empty Inheritable capability set (and by extension an empty
Ambient vector).
Here <WHO> refers to the space separated PAM username values that
will be granted the specified IAB tuple. A name prefixed with the
character @ refers to the locally defined /etc/group etc users
listed under that group name. An asterisk "*" can be used to
denote all users.
The parsing of the file chooses the first line that applies to
the authenticating user, and attempts to apply that and only
that.
Examples of valid syntax are:
# only root gets to keep what it had
all root
# this should fire for user beta only, who will have
# cap_chown dropped from their bounding set.
!cap_chown beta
# the next one should snag the members of the ´three´ group
# granting them cap_setuid and cap_chown
cap_setuid,cap_chown @three
# this would apply to beta and gamma, but beta is already
# granted a lack of cap_chown above. Further, if gamma is
# in the ´three´ group, it would not reach this line.
cap_chown beta gamma
# members of the ´one´ group are granted the cap_setuid Inheritable
# capability, but cap_chown is dropped from their bounding set.
!cap_chown,cap_setuid @one
# user alpha gets an ambient capability (unless it is also
# a member of the groups ´one´ or ´three´).
^cap_setuid alpha
# user delta (if not a member of groups ´one´ and ´three´) will get
# cap_chown and cap_setgid Ambient capabilities, but have cap_setuid
# dropped from its bounding set.
^cap_chown,^cap_setgid,!cap_setuid delta
# any remaining members of group ´four´ will get the cap_setuid
# Inheritable capability.
cap_setuid @four
pam_cap(8), cap_iab(3).
This page is part of the libcap (capabilities commands and
library) project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git/⟩. If you
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2024-06-14. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit
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April 2024 CAPABILITY.CONF(5)
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