Section 8 · System administration

getcap.8

Package: libcap

GETCAP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO


NAME

getcap − examine file capabilities

SYNOPSIS

getcap [−v] [−n] [−r] [−h] filename [ … ]

DESCRIPTION

getcap displays the name and capabilities of each specified file.

OPTIONS

−hprints quick usage.
−nprints any non-zero user namespace root user ID value found to be associated with a file’s capabilities.
−renables recursive search.
−vdisplay 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).