PR_GET_KEEPCAPS

(2const)

get the state of the "keep capabilities" flag

System callsmanpages-dev 6.9.1-1

#include <linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */ #include <sys/prctl.h> int prctl(PR_GET_KEEPCAPS);

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Return the current state of the calling thread's "keep capabilities" flag. See capabilities(7) for a description of this flag.

On success, this call returns the boolean value described above. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

Linux.

Linux 2.2.18.