%general-entities; ]> Libcap-&libcap-version; Libcap <para>Libcap is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Libcap Apply the following patch to fix a problem with Libcap's installed header files: patch -Np1 -i ../libcap-&libcap-version;-uapi-1.patch Compile the package: make This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: make lib=lib install chmod -v 755 /lib/libcap.so.&libcap-version; rm /lib/libcap.so ln -sfv ../../lib/libcap.so.2 /usr/lib/libcap.so mv -v /lib/libcap.a /usr/lib Contents of Libcap Installed programs Installed libraries capsh, setcap, getpcaps, getcap libcap.[a,so] Short Descriptions capsh Capability support and use can be explored and constrained with this tool capsh setcap Sets file capabilities setcap getpcaps Displays the capabilities on the queried process(es) getpcaps getcap Wxamines file capabilities getcap libcap Library for setting and clearing POSIX.1e capabilities libcap