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  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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  4. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  5. %general-entities;
  6. ]>
  7. <sect1 id="ch-system-libcap" role="wrap">
  8. <?dbhtml filename="libcap.html"?>
  9. <sect1info condition="script">
  10. <productname>libcap</productname>
  11. <productnumber>&libcap-version;</productnumber>
  12. <address>&libcap-url;</address>
  13. </sect1info>
  14. <title>Libcap-&libcap-version;</title>
  15. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap">
  16. <primary sortas="a-Libcap">Libcap</primary>
  17. </indexterm>
  18. <sect2 role="package">
  19. <title/>
  20. <para>The Libcap package implements the user-space interfaces to the POSIX
  21. 1003.1e capabilities available in Linux kernels. These capabilities are a
  22. partitioning of the all powerful root privilege into a set of distinct
  23. privileges.</para>
  24. <segmentedlist>
  25. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  26. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  27. <seglistitem>
  28. <seg>&libcap-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  29. <seg>&libcap-ch6-du;</seg>
  30. </seglistitem>
  31. </segmentedlist>
  32. </sect2>
  33. <sect2 role="installation">
  34. <title>Installation of Libcap</title>
  35. <para>Prevent two static libraries from being installed:</para>
  36. <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/install.*STA...LIBNAME/d' libcap/Makefile</userinput></screen>
  37. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  38. <screen><userinput remap="make">make lib=lib</userinput></screen>
  39. <variablelist>
  40. <title>The meaning of the make option:</title>
  41. <varlistentry>
  42. <term><parameter>lib=lib</parameter></term>
  43. <listitem>
  44. <para>This parameter sets the library directory to
  45. <filename>/lib</filename> rather than
  46. <filename>/lib64</filename> on x86_64. It has no effect on
  47. x86.</para>
  48. </listitem>
  49. </varlistentry>
  50. </variablelist>
  51. <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  52. <screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
  53. <para>Install the package:</para>
  54. <screen><userinput remap="install">make lib=lib install
  55. chmod -v 755 /lib/libcap.so.&libcap-version;</userinput></screen>
  56. </sect2>
  57. <sect2 id="contents-libcap" role="content">
  58. <title>Contents of Libcap</title>
  59. <segmentedlist>
  60. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  61. <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  62. <seglistitem>
  63. <seg>capsh, getcap, getpcaps, and setcap</seg>
  64. <seg>libcap.so and libpsx.a</seg>
  65. </seglistitem>
  66. </segmentedlist>
  67. <variablelist>
  68. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  69. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  70. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  71. <varlistentry id="capsh">
  72. <term><command>capsh</command></term>
  73. <listitem>
  74. <para>A shell wrapper to explore and constrain capability support</para>
  75. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap capsh">
  76. <primary sortas="b-capsh">capsh</primary>
  77. </indexterm>
  78. </listitem>
  79. </varlistentry>
  80. <varlistentry id="getcap">
  81. <term><command>getcap</command></term>
  82. <listitem>
  83. <para>Examines file capabilities</para>
  84. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap getcap">
  85. <primary sortas="b-getcap">getcap</primary>
  86. </indexterm>
  87. </listitem>
  88. </varlistentry>
  89. <varlistentry id="getpcaps">
  90. <term><command>getpcaps</command></term>
  91. <listitem>
  92. <para>Displays the capabilities on the queried process(es)</para>
  93. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap getpcaps">
  94. <primary sortas="b-getpcaps">getpcaps</primary>
  95. </indexterm>
  96. </listitem>
  97. </varlistentry>
  98. <varlistentry id="setcap">
  99. <term><command>setcap</command></term>
  100. <listitem>
  101. <para>Sets file capabilities</para>
  102. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap setcap">
  103. <primary sortas="b-setcap">setcap</primary>
  104. </indexterm>
  105. </listitem>
  106. </varlistentry>
  107. <varlistentry id="libcap">
  108. <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcap</filename></term>
  109. <listitem>
  110. <para>Contains the library functions for manipulating POSIX 1003.1e
  111. capabilities</para>
  112. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap libcap">
  113. <primary sortas="c-libcap">libcap</primary>
  114. </indexterm>
  115. </listitem>
  116. </varlistentry>
  117. <varlistentry id="libpsx">
  118. <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpsx</filename></term>
  119. <listitem>
  120. <para>Contains functions to support POSIX semantics for syscalls
  121. associated with the pthread library</para>
  122. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap libpsx">
  123. <primary sortas="c-libpsx">libpsx</primary>
  124. </indexterm>
  125. </listitem>
  126. </varlistentry>
  127. </variablelist>
  128. </sect2>
  129. </sect1>