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iustin / pyxattr

A python module for accessing filesystem Extended Attributes
https://pyxattr.k1024.org/
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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Documentation is incorrect about which namespace is used for capabilities #11

Closed abacabadabacaba closed 8 years ago

abacabadabacaba commented 8 years ago

The documentation falsely states that capabilities are stored in system namespace:

.. data:: NS_SYSTEM
   The system namespace, used by the kernel to store things such as
   ACLs and capabilities.

However, on Linux at least, capabilities are stored in security.capability xattr, which is in security namespace.