From: Chris Mayo <aklhfex-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [patch] capabilities.7: NOTES: add last kernel versions for obsolete options
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:03:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5468D8EA.9070102@gmail.com> (raw)
CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES option removed by:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/security?id=5915eb53861c5776cfec33ca4fcc1fd20d66dd27
CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES option removed in Linux 2.6.33 as already mentioned in DESCRIPTION
Signed-off-by: Chris Mayo <aklhfex-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
---
man7/capabilities.7 | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7
index a1adcb5..bc461a4 100644
--- a/man7/capabilities.7
+++ b/man7/capabilities.7
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ is based on the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft standard; see
.UR http://wt.tuxomania.net\:/publications\:/posix.1e/
.UE .
.SH NOTES
-Since kernel 2.5.27, capabilities are an optional kernel component,
+From kernel 2.5.27 to kernel 2.6.26, capabilities are an optional kernel component,
and can be enabled/disabled via the
.B CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES
kernel configuration option.
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ It can be found at
.UR http://www.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/libs\:/security\:/linux-privs
.UE .
-Before kernel 2.6.24, and since kernel 2.6.24 if
+Before kernel 2.6.24, and from kernel 2.6.24 to kernel 2.6.32 if
file capabilities are not enabled, a thread with the
.B CAP_SETPCAP
capability can manipulate the capabilities of threads other than itself.
--
2.0.4
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2014-11-16 17:03 Chris Mayo [this message]
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2015-02-05 14:17 ` [patch] capabilities.7: NOTES: add last kernel versions for obsolete options Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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