diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7 index 1bd398cf5..e223bf300 100644 --- a/man7/user_namespaces.7 +++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7 @@ -205,13 +205,17 @@ has all capabilities in the namespace. By virtue of the previous rule, this means that the process has all capabilities in all further removed descendant user namespaces as well. -.PP +.\" +.\" ============================================================ +.\" +.SS Effect of capabilities within a user namespace Having a capability inside a user namespace permits a process to perform operations (that require privilege) only on resources governed by that namespace. In other words, having a capability in a user namespace permits a process to perform privileged operations on resources that are governed by (nonuser) namespaces associated with the user namespace (see the next subsection). + On the other hand, there are many privileged operations that affect resources that are not associated with any namespace type, for example, changing the system time (governed by