| Message ID | 20200610065735.3975740-2-mtk.manpages@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
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| State | New, archived |
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| Series | [1/4] cap_get_proc.3: Typo fixes | expand |
diff --git a/doc/cap_get_proc.3 b/doc/cap_get_proc.3 index c2ce212..0238601 100644 --- a/doc/cap_get_proc.3 +++ b/doc/cap_get_proc.3 @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ see .BR cap_init (3), with the process capabilities of the process indicated by .IR pid . +(If +.I pid +is 0, then the calling process's capabilities are returned.) This information can also be obtained from the .I /proc/<pid>/status file.
It's useful to know that when cap_get_pid() gets pid==0, it returns the caller's capabilities. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> --- doc/cap_get_proc.3 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)