File protection mystery

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> 
> Found it.  (It was right in front of my eyes.)
> 
> setcap isn't doing what I expect.
> 
> My install script says:
>   setcap cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_nice,cap_sys_time,cap_net_bind_service=pe \
>                 /usr/local/sbin/ntpd
> 
> Note the =pe on the end.
> 
> But getcap says:
> /usr/local/sbin/ntpd = cap_net_bind_service,cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_nice,cap_sys_
> time+ep
> 
> Note the +ep on the end.  It's adding the caps I want to what root has rather 
> than replacing them.
> 
> If I start it as non-root, it can't read the keys file.  If I change the 
> owner, it works.
> 
> Anybody understand setcap?

Alas, I've never used it.  
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