Package: libcap2-bin Version: 1:2.21-1 Severity: minor I have run the following command: -------------------------------- root@debian-testing:/home/zhi/work/tmp# setcap 0+ep t root@debian-testing:/home/zhi/work/tmp# getcap t t = cap_chown+ep root@debian-testing:/home/zhi/work/tmp# setcap -r t root@debian-testing:/home/zhi/work/tmp# setcap -r t Failed to set capabilities on file `t' (No data available) usage: setcap [-q] [-v] (-r|-|<caps>) <filename> [ ... (-r|-|<capsN>) <filenameN> ]
Note <filename> must be a regular (non-symlink) file. root@debian-testing:/home/zhi/work/tmp# echo $? 1 ----------------------------- Maybe it shall fail when remove capabilities from a file without capabilities. But the error message does not make any sense under that circumstance. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libcap2-bin depends on: ii libc6 2.13-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcap2 1:2.21-1 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii libpam-runtime 1.1.3-1 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.1.3-1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l libcap2-bin recommends no packages. Versions of packages libcap2-bin suggests: ii libcap-dev 1:2.21-1 development libraries and header f -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
