From 16512b57bc997231259ee46c2d1446b1141e7a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Mayo Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 17:03:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] capabilities.7: NOTES: add last kernel versions for obsolete options The CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES option was removed by commit 5915eb53861c5776cfec33ca4fcc1fd20d66dd27 The CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES option removed in Linux 2.6.33 as already mentioned in DESCRIPTION. Signed-off-by: Chris Mayo Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/capabilities.7 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/capabilities.7 b/man7/capabilities.7 index adb7b7678..a5ea3b26a 100644 --- a/man7/capabilities.7 +++ b/man7/capabilities.7 @@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ is based on the withdrawn POSIX.1e draft standard; see .UR http://wt.tuxomania.net\:/publications\:/posix.1e/ .UE .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.