PR_SET_SECUREBITS - set the "securebits" flags of the calling thread
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Description
Set the "securebits" flags of the calling thread to the value supplied in flags. See capabilities(7).
Errors
EINVALflags is not a valid value.
EPERMop is PR_SET_SECUREBITS, and the caller does not have the CAP_SETPCAP capability, or tried to
unset a "locked" flag, or tried to set a flag whose corresponding locked flag was set (see
capabilities(7)).
History
Linux 2.6.26.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
PR_SET_SECUREBITS - set the "securebits" flags of the calling thread
Return Value
On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
See Also
prctl(2), PR_GET_SECUREBITS(2const), capabilities(7) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-06-02 PR_SET_SECUREBITS(2const)
Standards
Linux.
Synopsis
#include<linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include<sys/prctl.h>intprctl(PR_SET_SECUREBITS,unsignedlongflags);