NAME

       capng_apply - apply the stored capabilities settings

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_apply(capng_select_t set);

DESCRIPTION

       capng_apply  will  transfer  the  specified  internal  posix  capabilities settings to the
       kernel.  The   options   are   CAPNG_SELECT_CAPS   for   the   traditional   capabilities,
       CAPNG_SELECT_BOUNDS  for  the  bounding  set, or CAPNG_SELECT_BOTH if transferring both is
       desired.

RETURN VALUE

       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.

NOTES

       If you  are  doing  multi-threaded  programming,  calling  this  function  will  only  set
       capabilities  on  the calling thread. All other threads are unaffected. If you want to set
       overall capabilities for a multi-threaded  process,  you  will  need  to  do  that  before
       creating any threads. See the capset syscall for more information on this topic.

SEE ALSO

       capset(2), capng_update(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb