apptainer(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the apptainer(1) manual page — this specific page is the apptainer-capability-add one, and it's lowkey iconic 💅

• apptainer-capability-add — Add capabilities to a user or group (requires root)

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

apptainer capability add [add options...]

---

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Add Linux capabilities to a user or group. It's giving "granting powers," but make it the Linux capability kind 👑

⚠️ NOTE: This command requires root to run. fr fr, root energy only 😭

The capabilities argument must be separated by commas, and it is not case sensitive — so don't stress about caps lock, but do mind those commas 🍓

To see available capabilities, type apptainer capability avail, or refer to the capabilities manual with man 7 capabilities 📖✨

---

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -g, --group="" — manage capabilities for a group
• -h, --help[=false] — help for add
• -u, --user="" — manage capabilities for a user

---

🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

$ sudo apptainer capability add --user nobody AUDIT_READ,chown
$ sudo apptainer capability add --group nobody cap_audit_write

To add all capabilities to a user:

$ sudo apptainer capability add --user nobody all

slay, now you're adding capabilities like a main character 🔥

---

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

apptainer-capability(1) — go read that one too, bestie 🫶

---

💜 HISTORY 💜

22-Oct-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra

---

xoxo bestie 💖 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra, Oct 2026, on the apptainer(1) manual. periodt. 🌈