CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)        Libcap-ng API       CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)

NAME
       capng_get_caps_process - get the capabilities from a process

SYNOPSIS
       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_get_caps_process(void);


DESCRIPTION
       capng_get_caps_process will get the capabilities and bounding set of
       the pid stored inside libcap-ng's state table. The default is the pid
       of the running process. This can be changed by using the capng_setpid
       function.


RETURN VALUE
       This returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.


NOTES
       If you are doing multi-threaded programming, calling this function will
       only get capabilities on the calling thread. If you want to get overall
       capabilities for a multi-threaded process, you can only do that before
       creating any threads. Afterwards, threads may be able to independently
       set capabilities.

       capng_get_caps_process needs a mounted /proc to read the current
       bounding set, otherwise it will fail.


SEE ALSO
       capng_setpid(3), capabilities(7)


AUTHOR
       Steve Grubb

Red Hat                            June 2009         CAPNG_GET_CAPS_PROCESS(3)