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author | Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> | 2021-04-17 16:46:46 -0700 |
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committer | Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> | 2021-04-17 16:46:46 -0700 |
commit | 13b97f953cb9a4bf50527b1d5c1d98ec96fb8ef4 (patch) | |
tree | ce6d7b9d1411c7d5c6d82ce392ed783003274e30 | |
parent | 1eb64332b1e6cde634b78d6f15f5ae98e6cfac99 (diff) | |
download | libcap2-13b97f953cb9a4bf50527b1d5c1d98ec96fb8ef4.tar.gz |
Add some documentation for capsh --explain=cap_foo
This is a convenience parameter to describe in text the meaning of
a specific capability.
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r-- | doc/capsh.1 | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/capsh.1 b/doc/capsh.1 index ab20c44..2b4a5ab 100644 --- a/doc/capsh.1 +++ b/doc/capsh.1 @@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ If the exit status does not match the signal being used to kill it, the .B capsh program exits with status 1. .TP +.BI \-\-explain= cap_xxx +Give a brief textual description of what privileges the specified +capability makes available to a running program. Note, instead of +\fIcap_xxx\fP, one can provide a decimal number and \fBcapsh\fP will +look up the corresponding capability's description. +.TP .BI \-\-decode= N This is a convenience feature. If you look at .B /proc/1/status |