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PR_GET_SECUREBITS - get the 'securebits' flags of the calling thread

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

NAME

PR_GET_SECUREBITS − get the "securebits" flags of the calling thread

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc−lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <linux/prctl.h> /* Definition of PR_* constants */
#include <sys/prctl.h>

int prctl(PR_GET_SECUREBITS);

DESCRIPTION

Return the "securebits" flags of the calling thread. See capabilities(7).

RETURN VALUE

On success, PR_GET_SECUREBITS, returns the nonnegative value described above. On error, −1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

STANDARDS

Linux.

HISTORY

Linux 2.6.26.

SEE ALSO

prctl(2), PR_SET_SECUREBITS(2const), capabilities(7)


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