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index f96d181a9e..fb8496f54a 100644
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@@ -597,16 +597,34 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>Capabilities=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Controls the
+ <term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Controls which
+ capabilities to include in the
+ capability bounding set for the
+ executed process. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- set for the executed process. Take a
- capability string as described in
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_text</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- Note that this capability set is
- usually influenced by the capabilities
- attached to the executed
- file.</para></listitem>
+ for details. Takes a whitespace
+ seperated list of capability names as
+ read by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Capabilities listed will be included
+ in the bounding set, all others are
+ removed. If the list of capabilities
+ is prefixed with ~ all but the listed
+ capabilities will be included, the
+ effect of this assignment
+ inverted. Note that this option does
+ not actually set or unset any
+ capabilities in the effective,
+ permitted or inherited capability
+ sets. That's what
+ <varname>Capabilities=</varname> is
+ for. If this option is not used the
+ capability bounding set is not
+ modified on process execution, hence
+ no limits on the capabilities of the
+ process are enforced.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -625,16 +643,21 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><varname>CapabilityBoundingSetDrop=</varname></term>
-
+ <term><varname>Capabilities=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>Controls the
- capability bounding set drop set for
- the executed process. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for details. Takes a list of
- capability names as read by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_name</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- </para></listitem>
+ set for the executed process. Take a
+ capability string describing the
+ effective, permitted and inherited
+ capability sets as documented in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>cap_from_text</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Note that these capability sets are
+ usually influenced by the capabilities
+ attached to the executed file. Due to
+ that
+ <varname>CapabilityBoundingSet=</varname>
+ is probably the much more useful
+ setting.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>