capng_have_capability(3)

capng_have_capability3

Check for specific capability

Usage

#include <cap-ng.h>

int capng_have_capability(capng_type_t which, unsigned int capability);

Overview

capng_have_capability will check the specified internal capabilities set to see if the specified capability is set. The capabilities sets must be previously setup with calls to capng_get_caps_process, capng_get_caps_fd, or in some other way setup. The values for which should be one of: CAPNG_EFFECTIVE, CAPNG_PERMITTED, CAPNG_INHERITABLE, CAPNG_BOUNDING_SET, or CAPNG_AMBIENT.

Return value

This function will return 1 if yes and 0 otherwise.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.0–11
  2. 12–Arch

Author

Steve Grubb

From libcap-ng 0.9.6-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.