1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
|
.\" Copyright 2015, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Copyright 2024, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.TH PR_CAP_AMBIENT_LOWER 2const 2024-06-01 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
.SH NAME
PR_CAP_AMBIENT_LOWER
\-
lower the ambient capability set of the calling thread
.SH LIBRARY
Standard C library
.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#include <linux/prctl.h>" " /* Definition of " PR_* " constants */"
.B #include <sys/prctl.h>
.P
.BI "int prctl(PR_CAP_AMBIENT, PR_CAP_AMBIENT_LOWER, long " cap ", 0L, 0L);"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The capability specified in
.I cap
is removed from the ambient capability set.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
0 is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I cap
does not specify a valid capability.
.SH VERSIONS
See
.BR PR_CAP_AMBIENT (2const).
.SH STANDARDS
Linux.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 4.3.
.\" commit 58319057b7847667f0c9585b9de0e8932b0fdb08
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR prctl (2),
.BR PR_CAP_AMBIENT (2const),
.BR libcap (3)
|
