README
1 This is a library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6)
2 draft 15 capabilities.
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4 This library would not have been possible without the help of
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6 Aleph1, Roland Buresund and Andrew Main, Alexander Kjeldaas.
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8 More information on capabilities in the Linux kernel can be found at
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10 http://sites.google.com/site/fullycapable/
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12 # INSTALLATION
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14 Linux-Caps % make
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16 builds the library and the programs
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18 Linux-Caps % make install
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20 installs the library libcap.XX.Y in /lib[64]/
21 the binaries in /sbin/
22 the <sys/capability.h> file in /usr/include
23 the libcap.pc file in /usr/lib[64]/pkgconfig
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25 * for some example programs look in progs.
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27 Cheers
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29 Andrew G. Morgan <morgan (a] kernel.org>
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