NAME

       capng_apply_caps_fd - write file-based capabilities to extended attributes

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_apply_caps_fd(int fd);

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  will  write  the file based capabilities to the extended attributes of the
       file that the descriptor was opened against. The bounding set  is  not  included  in  file
       based  capabilities  operations.  Note  that this function will only work if compiled on a
       kernel that supports file based capabilities such as 2.6.2 6 and later.

RETURN VALUE

       This returns 0 on success, -1 if something besides a regular file is passed, and -2  if  a
       non-root namespace id is being used for rootid.

SEE ALSO

       capng_get_caps_fd(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb