LinuxCommandLibrary

getcap

examine file capabilities

TLDR

Get capabilities for the given files

$ getcap [path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...]
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Get capabilities for all the files recursively under the given directories
$ getcap -r [path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...]
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Displays all searched entries even if no capabilities are set
$ getcap -v [path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...]
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SYNOPSIS

getcap [-v] [-n] [-r] [-h] filename [ ... ]

DESCRIPTION

getcap displays the name and capabilities of each specified file.

OPTIONS

-h

prints quick usage.

-n

prints any non-zero user namespace root user ID value found to be associated with a file's capabilities.

-r

enables recursive search.

-v

display all searched entries, even if the have no file-capabilities.

filename

One file per line.

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs via:

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?component=libcap&list_id=1090757

SEE ALSO

capsh(1), cap_get_file(3), cap_to_text(3), capabilities(7), user_namespaces(7), captree(8), getpcaps(8) and setcap(8).

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