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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, "Andrew G . Morgan" <morgan@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/16] Manual pages: capsh.1: Describe the argument of --secbits in more detail
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 12:18:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200716101827.162793-13-mtk.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200716101827.162793-1-mtk.manpages@gmail.com>

The page currently gives the reader no clue about the format of the
argument.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
---
 doc/capsh.1 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/capsh.1 b/doc/capsh.1
index fd6a5ba..0b987f0 100644
--- a/doc/capsh.1
+++ b/doc/capsh.1
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ the
 header file. The program will list these bits via the
 .B \-\-print
 command.
+The argument is expressed as a numeric bitmask,
+in any of the formats permitted by
+.BR strtoul (3).
 .TP
 .BI \-\-chroot= path
 Execute the
-- 
2.26.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-07-16 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-16 10:18 [PATCH 01/16] Manual pages: getcap.8, getpcaps.8, setcap.8: SEE ALSO: add capabilities(7) Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 02/16] Manual pages: cap_get_file.3, getcap.8, setcap.8: SEE ALSO: add user_namespaces(7) Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 03/16] Manual pages: setcap.8: Formatting fix: use bold for function name Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 04/16] Manual pages: cap_from_text.3: typo fix Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 05/16] Manual pages: cap_get_file.3, getcap.8, setcap.8: clarify "namespace" Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 06/16] Manual pages: cap_get_file.3: Remove stray macros that have no effect Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 07/16] Manual pages: cap_get_proc.3: s/UNCERTAIN/CAP_MODE_UNCERTAIN/ Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 08/16] Manual pages: cap_get_proc.3: formatting fix Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 09/16] Manual pages: capsh.1: spelling fixes Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 10/16] Manual pages: capsh.1: Remove stray .TP macro Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 11/16] Manual pages: capsh.1: Correct/update the Cap field example for /proc/PID/status Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 12/16] Manual pages: capsh.1: Update the capsh --decode example Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 14/16] pam_cap.c: Spelling fix in output string Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 15/16] Various source files: spelling fixes on comments Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 10:18 ` [PATCH 16/16] capsh.c: Spelling fixes in usage() message Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-16 15:08   ` Andrew G. Morgan
2020-07-17  6:00     ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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