User:Maffblaster/Drafts/File POSIX Capabilities

Kernel
Many filesystems available in the Linux kernel have POSIX file capabilities; these must be enabled on a per-filesystem basis:

Emerge
To manage capabilities, install the traditional user space tools package:

Additional software
A RedHat developer has created an additional set of user space tools that can be installed via the following package:

External resources

 * https://devmanual.gentoo.org/eclass-reference/fcaps.eclass/index.html - Portage's fcaps eclass. Helpful for Gentoo package manager development.
 * http://www.friedhoff.org/posixfilecaps.html