# phpman > man > pam_cap(8)

[PAM_CAP(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAMCAP/8/markdown)                                Linux-PAM Manual                                [PAM_CAP(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAMCAP/8/markdown)



## NAME
       pam_cap - PAM module to set inheritable capabilities

## SYNOPSIS
       **pam**___**cap.so** [config=_/path/to/capability.conf_] [debug]

## DESCRIPTION
       The pam_cap PAM module sets the current process' inheritable capabilities.

       Capabilities are read from the /etc/security/capability.conf config file, or alternate file
       specified with the config= option.

       The module must not be called by a multithreaded application.

## OPTIONS
       **config=**_/path/to/capability.conf_
           Indicate an alternative capability.conf style configuration file to override the default.

### debug
           Print debug information.

## MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
       Only the **authentication** module type is provided.

## RETURN VALUES
       PAM_AUTH_ERR
           The user is not known to the system.

       PAM_IGNORE
           No capabilities found for this user.

       PAM_INCOMPLETE
           Indicates a PAM-Conversation failure.

       PAM_SUCCESS
           Capabilities were set.

## FILES
       /etc/security/capability.conf
           Default configuration file

## EXAMPLES
       Nearly all applications/daemons which use PAM for authentication contain a configuration
       line: _@include_ _common-auth_.  Thus, to set inheritable capabilities in **all** of these
       applications, add the following as the last line to /etc/pam.d/common-auth

           auth      optional        pam_cap.so

       To set inheritable capabilities for a user in a **specific** application, or in application(s)
       which do not @include common-auth, add the line below to the application-specific file; e.g.
       /etc/pam.d/myapp

           auth      optional        pam_cap.so

## SEE ALSO
       [**capability.conf**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/capability.conf/5/markdown), [**pam.d**(5)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pam.d/5/markdown), [**pam**(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/pam/7/markdown).

## AUTHORS
       pam_cap was initially written by Andrew G. Morgan <<morgan@kernel.org>>



Linux-PAM Manual                             09/23/2011                                   [PAM_CAP(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PAMCAP/8/markdown)