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capabilities.7: Add a reference to xattr(7) in the discussion of extended attributes 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-11-07 20:55:35 +01:00
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@ -884,7 +884,9 @@ Since kernel 2.6.24, the kernel supports
associating capability sets with an executable file using
.BR setcap (8).
The file capability sets are stored in an extended attribute (see
.BR setxattr (2))
.BR setxattr (2)
and
.BR xattr (7))
named
.IR "security.capability" .
Writing to this extended attribute requires the