apptainer-capability-drop - Remove capabilities from a user or group (requires root)

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO  HISTORY 

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NAME

apptainer-capability-drop - Remove capabilities from a user or group (requires root)

SYNOPSIS

apptainer capability drop [drop options...]

DESCRIPTION

Remove Linux capabilities from a user/group. NOTE: This command requires root
to run.

The capabilities argument must be separated by commas and is not case
sensitive.

To see available capabilities, type "apptainer capability avail" or refer to
capabilities manual "man 7 capabilities"

OPTIONS

		-g, --group=""	manage capabilities for a group
		-h, --help[=false]	help for drop
		-u, --user=""	manage capabilities for a user

EXAMPLE

$ sudo apptainer capability drop --user nobody AUDIT_READ,CHOWN
$ sudo apptainer capability drop --group nobody audit_write

To drop all capabilities for a user:

$ sudo apptainer capability drop --user nobody all

SEE ALSO

apptainer-capability(1)

HISTORY

15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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