PR_CAP_AMBIENT_CLEAR_ALL(2const)

PR_CAP_AMBIENT_CLEAR_ALL2const

Clear the ambient capability set of the calling thread

Usage

#include <linux/prctl.h>  /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include <sys/prctl.h>

int prctl(PR_CAP_AMBIENT, PR_CAP_AMBIENT_CLEAR_ALL, 0L, 0L, 0L);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

All capabilities will be removed from the ambient capability set.

Return value

On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

Versions

See PR_CAP_AMBIENT(2const).

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Linux 4.3.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.