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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-10-27 11:41:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-10-27 14:51:44 +0100 |
| commit | 1e516a820b4dfd3e126b048c0c882cc1d555e5ea (patch) | |
| tree | cbb408ca854d092e652dd16719f5368c2f7ec6ec | |
| parent | 1e4d6750e0f7b21fb19e92be800769df6af40d50 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-1e516a820b4dfd3e126b048c0c882cc1d555e5ea.tar.gz | |
pid_namespaces.7: Update capability requirements for /proc/sys/kernel/ns_last_pid
Since Linux 5.9, CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE also allows writing to
/proc/sys/kernel/ns_last_pid.
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/pid_namespaces.7 | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man7/pid_namespaces.7 b/man7/pid_namespaces.7 index 9d893fcf26..62ecd26a53 100644 --- a/man7/pid_namespaces.7 +++ b/man7/pid_namespaces.7 @@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ and when this file is subsequently read it will show that PID. .IP This file is writable by a process that has the .B CAP_SYS_ADMIN +or (since Linux 5.9) +.B CAP_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE capability inside the user namespace that owns the PID namespace. .\" This ability is necessary to support checkpoint restore in user-space This makes it possible to determine the PID that is allocated |