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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-10-27 06:29:16 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2012-10-28 07:23:28 +0100
commit8e9412e7a56d3845c241f8942caaee3806fdadad (patch)
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parent30cc7676efda480f8c8233aa4860df45bb65f622 (diff)
downloadman-pages-8e9412e7a56d3845c241f8942caaee3806fdadad.tar.gz
execve.2: Document treatment of SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS securebits flag on execve()
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man2/execve.27
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diff --git a/man2/execve.2 b/man2/execve.2
index 3dcbc70576..86ebdd58e4 100644
--- a/man2/execve.2
+++ b/man2/execve.2
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ The process name, as set by
.IR "ps\ \-o comm" ),
is reset to the name of the new executable file.
.IP *
+The
+.B SECBIT_KEEP_CAPS
+.I securebits
+flag is cleared.
+See
+.BR capabilities (7).
+.IP *
The termination signal is reset to
.B SIGCHLD
(see