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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  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-fin-sbu;</seg>
  29. <seg>&libcap-fin-du;</seg>
  30. </seglistitem>
  31. </segmentedlist>
  32. </sect2>
  33. <sect2 role="installation">
  34. <title>Installation of Libcap</title>
  35. <para>Prevent static libraries from being installed:</para>
  36. <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/install -m.*STA/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 and do some cleanup:</para>
  54. <screen><userinput remap="install">make lib=lib PKGCONFIGDIR=/usr/lib/pkgconfig install
  55. for libname in cap psx; do
  56. chmod -v 755 /lib/lib${libname}.so.&libcap-version;
  57. rm -v /lib/lib${libname}.so
  58. ln -sfv ../../lib/lib${libname}.so.2 /usr/lib/lib${libname}.so
  59. done</userinput></screen>
  60. </sect2>
  61. <sect2 id="contents-libcap" role="content">
  62. <title>Contents of Libcap</title>
  63. <segmentedlist>
  64. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  65. <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
  66. <seglistitem>
  67. <seg>capsh, getcap, getpcaps, and setcap</seg>
  68. <seg>libcap.so and libpsx.so</seg>
  69. </seglistitem>
  70. </segmentedlist>
  71. <variablelist>
  72. <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  73. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  74. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  75. <varlistentry id="capsh">
  76. <term><command>capsh</command></term>
  77. <listitem>
  78. <para>A shell wrapper to explore and constrain capability support</para>
  79. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap capsh">
  80. <primary sortas="b-capsh">capsh</primary>
  81. </indexterm>
  82. </listitem>
  83. </varlistentry>
  84. <varlistentry id="getcap">
  85. <term><command>getcap</command></term>
  86. <listitem>
  87. <para>Examines file capabilities</para>
  88. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap getcap">
  89. <primary sortas="b-getcap">getcap</primary>
  90. </indexterm>
  91. </listitem>
  92. </varlistentry>
  93. <varlistentry id="getpcaps">
  94. <term><command>getpcaps</command></term>
  95. <listitem>
  96. <para>Displays the capabilities on the queried process(es)</para>
  97. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap getpcaps">
  98. <primary sortas="b-getpcaps">getpcaps</primary>
  99. </indexterm>
  100. </listitem>
  101. </varlistentry>
  102. <varlistentry id="setcap">
  103. <term><command>setcap</command></term>
  104. <listitem>
  105. <para>Sets file capabilities</para>
  106. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap setcap">
  107. <primary sortas="b-setcap">setcap</primary>
  108. </indexterm>
  109. </listitem>
  110. </varlistentry>
  111. <varlistentry id="libcap">
  112. <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcap</filename></term>
  113. <listitem>
  114. <para>Contains the library functions for manipulating POSIX 1003.1e
  115. capabilities</para>
  116. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap libcap">
  117. <primary sortas="c-libcap">libcap</primary>
  118. </indexterm>
  119. </listitem>
  120. </varlistentry>
  121. <varlistentry id="libpsx">
  122. <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpsx</filename></term>
  123. <listitem>
  124. <para>Contains functions to support POSIX semantics for syscalls
  125. associated with the pthread library</para>
  126. <indexterm zone="ch-system-libcap libpsx">
  127. <primary sortas="c-libpsx">libpsx</primary>
  128. </indexterm>
  129. </listitem>
  130. </varlistentry>
  131. </variablelist>
  132. </sect2>
  133. </sect1>