Lennart Poettering on Nostr: … and have been supported like this for a long time. With v257 we extend the ...
… and have been supported like this for a long time. With v257 we extend the "systemd-analyze capability" command with one new option: if the new --mask switch is specified, it accepts a numeric capability mask as parameter, instead of a simple capability name or number. It will then decode it and show a list of all included capabilities.
What is this useful for you ask? In /proc/$PID/status you find a process' capabilities encoded in various CapXYZ fields, for example CapBnd for the…
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