Doesn't it require xattrs?  I vaguely remember running into that at one point 
years ago.  Not sure if the other flags you're using will force xattr support 
on or not, but it's worth checking.

LMP

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Edwards <[email protected]> 
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2021 3:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: setcap fails: (Operation not supported)

On 2021-09-30, Andrew Udvare <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 30/09/2021 13:58, Grant Edwards wrote:

>> Still can't figure out how to get setcap to work

> Not sure if this is it, but do you have CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY enabled?

No, I don't.

Google has found me information that indicates that SELinux and MAC (Mandatory 
Access Controls) require FS_SECURITY, but Google can't find any indication that 
FS_SECURITY is required for linux file capabilities.

I should try enabling it and see...

Several years ago, I know I could set capabilities on executables (on a 
different Gentoo machine), and I don't remember it being difficult to get 
working at all...

--
Grant




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