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31.Dd March 27, 2014
32.Dt CAP_RIGHTS_INIT 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm cap_rights_init ,
36.Nm cap_rights_set ,
37.Nm cap_rights_clear ,
38.Nm cap_rights_is_set ,
39.Nm cap_rights_is_valid ,
40.Nm cap_rights_merge ,
41.Nm cap_rights_remove ,
42.Nm cap_rights_contains
43.Nd manage cap_rights_t structure
44.Sh LIBRARY
45.Lb libc
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In sys/capsicum.h
48.Ft cap_rights_t *
49.Fn cap_rights_init "cap_rights_t *rights" "..."
50.Ft cap_rights_t *
51.Fn cap_rights_set "cap_rights_t *rights" "..."
52.Ft cap_rights_t *
53.Fn cap_rights_clear "cap_rights_t *rights" "..."
54.Ft bool
55.Fn cap_rights_is_set "const cap_rights_t *rights" "..."
56.Ft bool
57.Fn cap_rights_is_valid "const cap_rights_t *rights"
58.Ft cap_rights_t *
59.Fn cap_rights_merge "cap_rights_t *dst" "const cap_rights_t *src"
60.Ft cap_rights_t *
61.Fn cap_rights_remove "cap_rights_t *dst" "const cap_rights_t *src"
62.Ft bool
63.Fn cap_rights_contains "const cap_rights_t *big" "const cap_rights_t *little"
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65The functions documented here allow to manage the
66.Vt cap_rights_t
67structure.
68.Pp
69Capability rights should be separated with comma when passed to the
70.Fn cap_rights_init ,
71.Fn cap_rights_set ,
72.Fn cap_rights_clear
73and
74.Fn cap_rights_is_set
75functions.
76For example:
77.Bd -literal
78cap_rights_set(&rights, CAP_READ, CAP_WRITE, CAP_FSTAT, CAP_SEEK);
79.Ed
80.Pp
81The complete list of the capability rights can be found in the
82.Xr rights 4
83manual page.
84.Pp
85The
86.Fn cap_rights_init
87function initialize provided
88.Vt cap_rights_t
89structure.
90Only properly initialized structure can be passed to the remaining functions.
91For convenience the structure can be filled with capability rights instead of
92calling the
93.Fn cap_rights_set
94function later.
95For even more convenience pointer to the given structure is returned, so it can
96be directly passed to
97.Xr cap_rights_limit 2 :
98.Bd -literal
99cap_rights_t rights;
100
101if (cap_rights_limit(fd, cap_rights_init(&rights, CAP_READ, CAP_WRITE)) < 0)
102	err(1, "Unable to limit capability rights");
103.Ed
104.Pp
105The
106.Fn cap_rights_set
107function adds the given capability rights to the given
108.Vt cap_rights_t
109structure.
110.Pp
111The
112.Fn cap_rights_clear
113function removes the given capability rights from the given
114.Vt cap_rights_t
115structure.
116.Pp
117The
118.Fn cap_rights_is_set
119function checks if all the given capability rights are set for the given
120.Vt cap_rights_t
121structure.
122.Pp
123The
124.Fn cap_rights_is_valid
125function verifies if the given
126.Vt cap_rights_t
127structure is valid.
128.Pp
129The
130.Fn cap_rights_merge
131function merges all capability rights present in the
132.Fa src
133structure into the
134.Fa dst
135structure.
136.Pp
137The
138.Fn cap_rights_remove
139function removes all capability rights present in the
140.Fa src
141structure from the
142.Fa dst
143structure.
144.Pp
145The
146.Fn cap_rights_contains
147function checks if the
148.Fa big
149structure contains all capability rights present in the
150.Fa little
151structure.
152.Sh RETURN VALUES
153The functions never fail.
154In case an invalid capability right or an invalid
155.Vt cap_rights_t
156structure is given as an argument, the program will be aborted.
157.Pp
158The
159.Fn cap_rights_init ,
160.Fn cap_rights_set
161and
162.Fn cap_rights_clear
163functions return pointer to the
164.Vt cap_rights_t
165structure given in the
166.Fa rights
167argument.
168.Pp
169The
170.Fn cap_rights_merge
171and
172.Fn cap_rights_remove
173functions return pointer to the
174.Vt cap_rights_t
175structure given in the
176.Fa dst
177argument.
178.Pp
179The
180.Fn cap_rights_is_set
181returns
182.Va true
183if all the given capability rights are set in the
184.Fa rights
185argument.
186.Pp
187The
188.Fn cap_rights_is_valid
189function performs various checks to see if the given
190.Vt cap_rights_t
191structure is valid and returns
192.Va true
193if it is.
194.Pp
195The
196.Fn cap_rights_contains
197function returns
198.Va true
199if all capability rights set in the
200.Fa little
201structure are also present in the
202.Fa big
203structure.
204.Sh EXAMPLES
205The following example demonstrates how to prepare a
206.Vt cap_rights_t
207structure to be passed to the
208.Xr cap_rights_limit 2
209system call.
210.Bd -literal
211cap_rights_t rights;
212int fd;
213
214fd = open("/tmp/foo", O_RDWR);
215if (fd < 0)
216	err(1, "open() failed");
217
218cap_rights_init(&rights, CAP_FSTAT, CAP_READ);
219
220if (allow_write_and_seek)
221	cap_rights_set(&rights, CAP_WRITE, CAP_SEEK);
222
223if (dont_allow_seek)
224	cap_rights_clear(&rights, CAP_SEEK);
225
226if (cap_rights_limit(fd, &rights) < 0 && errno != ENOSYS)
227	err(1, "cap_rights_limit() failed");
228.Ed
229.Sh SEE ALSO
230.Xr cap_rights_limit 2 ,
231.Xr open 2 ,
232.Xr capsicum 4 ,
233.Xr rights 4
234.Sh HISTORY
235Support for capabilities and capabilities mode was developed as part of the
236.Tn TrustedBSD
237Project.
238.Sh AUTHORS
239This family of functions was created by
240.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pawel@dawidek.net
241under sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation.
242