how to grant cap_chown capability to a user in RHEL 6

Asked Mar 01 '16 at 10:32

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I want a regular user to use the chown command.

I followed this procedure to configure pam_cap.so in /etc/pam.c/login and created /etc/security/capability.conf then I assigned the capability to the chown command as suggested here by sqweek.

# setcap cap_chown+ie /bin/chown 
# setcap -v cap_chown+ie /bin/chown 
/bin/chown: OK

But the user still seems to have no cap_chown privilege:

$ chown root:root nn
chown: changing ownership of `nn': Operation not permitted

Can anybody help me?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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asked Mar 01 '16 at 10:32

Jdamian

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I'm facing a similar situation currently, did find out the solution? – Phalgun Apr 20 '16 at 08:20
@Phalgun No, I'm sorry. – Jdamian May 03 '16 at 09:44
Are you also trying to set CAP_CHOWN capability so that the s_gid bit is not cleared by chown? – Phalgun May 05 '16 at 15:21

how to grant cap_chown capability to a user in RHEL 6

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