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CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES: File POSIX Capabilities (EXPERIMENTAL)

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The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES has multiple definitions:

File POSIX Capabilities (EXPERIMENTAL) found in security/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES:

• prompt: File POSIX Capabilities (EXPERIMENTAL)
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_SECURITY = CONFIG_n || CONFIG_SECURITY_CAPABILITIES != CONFIG_n ) && CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
• defined in security/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.24–2.6.26

Help text

This enables filesystem capabilities, allowing you to give binaries a subset of root's powers without using setuid 0.

If in doubt, answer N.

File POSIX Capabilities found in security/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_SECURITY_FILE_CAPABILITIES:

• prompt: File POSIX Capabilities
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in security/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.27–2.6.32

Help text

This enables filesystem capabilities, allowing you to give binaries a subset of root's powers without using setuid 0.

If in doubt, answer N.

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