From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Mayo Subject: [patch] capabilities.7: NOTES: add last kernel versions for obsolete options Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:03:38 +0000 Message-ID: <5468D8EA.9070102@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org 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 --- 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index a1adcb5..bc461a4 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ is based on the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft standard; see .UR http://wt.tuxomania.net\:/publications\:/posix.1e/ .UE .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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html