All releases of libcap-ng


Release Notes: This release works around a problem in the Linux 2.6.36 kernel headers, fixes a segfault when using filecap on a specific file, and makes Python bindings optional.


Release Notes: The library now uses kernel thread ID for capget/set calls. A display problem of filesystem based capabilities was fixed. netcap now prints device name for packet socket apps.


Release Notes: This release fixes a bug when changing UID and retaining capabilities on custom kernels. In netcap and pscap, it displays the effective UID.


Release Notes: This release adds pkg-config support, cleans the prctl syscalls, and drops capabilities in pscap.


Release Notes: In netcap, this release will not complain about missing UDP or raw network files. A small adjustment has been made to the bit representation of file-based capabilities.


Release Notes: This release adds Python bindings, adds an m4 file to make autotools integration easier, has some compatibility fixes for older operating systems, and adds the setting SECURE_NO_SETUID_FIXUP to the capng_lock function.


Release Notes: Various improvements to the captest program, masked out upper unassigned capabilities bits for various operations, and corrected operation on the bounding set.


Release Notes: More portability fixes. Handles the bounding set a little better. Correct GID handling in the change_id function. A captest program to allow experimenting with POSIX capabilities.


Release Notes: Some portability updates and reordered clearing of bounding set in capng_change_id.


Release Notes: This release adds man pages for all library functions.