PR_SET_SECUREBITS - set the 'securebits' flags of the calling thread

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  RETURN VALUE  ERRORS  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

PR_SET_SECUREBITS − set 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_SET_SECUREBITS, unsigned long flags);

DESCRIPTION

Set the "securebits" flags of the calling thread to the value supplied in flags. See capabilities(7).

RETURN VALUE

On success, 0 is returned. On error, −1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

	EINVAL		flags is not a valid value.
	EPERM		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)).

STANDARDS

Linux.

HISTORY

Linux 2.6.26.

SEE ALSO

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

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