This is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities. Natively supported languages are C/C++ and Go. This library would not have been possible without the help of Aleph1, Roland Buresund and Andrew Main, Alexander Kjeldaas. More information on capabilities in the Linux kernel, links to the official git repostitory for libcap, release notes and how to report bugs can be found at: http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/ The primary upstream git repostitory is this one: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git/ # BUILDING AND INSTALLATION $ make builds the library and the programs that are expected to work on your system. For example, if you have Linux-PAM installed, pam_cap is built. A golang installation is required to build the Go packages. $ make test runs all of the tests not requiring privilege $ make sudotest runs all of the tests including those that require privilege. $ sudo make install default installs the library libcap.XX.Y in /lib[64]/ the binaries in /sbin/ the header files in /usr/include the {libcap,libpsx}.pc files in /usr/lib[64]/pkgconfig the Go packages (if built) under /usr/share/gocode/src For some example C programs look in the progs/ directory. Specifically, capsh, getpcaps, setcap and getcap. There are some C tests in the tests/ directory. Go example programs are to be found in the goapps/ directory. There are also some more complicated integration tests in the go/ directory. There are also some oddball experimental things in the contrib/ directory, but they are mostly curiosities. Cheers Andrew G. Morgan