1CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)        Libcap-ng API       CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)
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NAME

6       capng_get_caps_process - get the capabilities from a process
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <cap-ng.h>
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11       int capng_get_caps_process(void);
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DESCRIPTION

15       capng_get_caps_process  will  get  the capabilities and bounding set of
16       the pid stored inside libcap-ng's state table. The default is  the  pid
17       of  the  running process. This can be changed by using the capng_setpid
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RETURN VALUE

22       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
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NOTES

26       If you are doing multi-threaded programming, calling this function will
27       only get capabilities on the calling thread. If you want to get overall
28       capabilities for a multi-threaded process, you can only do that  before
29       creating  any threads. Afterwards, threads may be able to independantly
30       set capabilities.
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32       capng_get_caps_process needs a mounted /proc to read the current bound‐
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SEE ALSO

37       capng_setpid(3), capabilities(7)
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AUTHOR

41       Steve Grubb
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45Red Hat                            June 2009         CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)