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NAME

       capng_set_caps_fd   -   write   file-based   capabilities  to  extended
       attributes

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cap-ng.h>

       int capng_set_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 and -1 on failure.

SEE ALSO

       capng_get_caps_fd(3), capabilities(7)

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb