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| author | Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> | 2022-04-09 17:02:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org> | 2022-04-09 17:02:13 -0700 |
| commit | ceaa591b012610d3fe402d33e7d7ca14716cf965 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ff8a5c860be5dc8deb223fc1fc9da178a89ffe6 | |
| parent | 15cacf20709c6917c798e298a1e087c0663e5c13 (diff) | |
| download | libcap-ceaa591b012610d3fe402d33e7d7ca14716cf965.tar.gz | |
Clarify how the cap_get_pid() argument is interpreted.
Addresses:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215812
Signed-off-by: Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/cap_get_proc.3 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/cap_get_proc.3 b/doc/cap_get_proc.3 index 496c06e..7c3bc81 100644 --- a/doc/cap_get_proc.3 +++ b/doc/cap_get_proc.3 @@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ with the process capabilities of the process indicated by is 0, then the calling process's capabilities are returned.) This information can also be obtained from the .I /proc/<pid>/status -file. +file. Note, when the caller is operating within a +.RB ( CLONE_NEWPID ) +namespace, the numerical +.I pid +argument is interpreted in the range of that namespace. .PP .BR cap_get_bound () with a @@ -392,5 +396,6 @@ displays the resulting privilege state. .BR cap_from_text (3), .BR cap_get_file (3), .BR cap_init (3), +.BR namespaces (7), .BR psx_syscall (3), .BR capabilities (7). |