capable_noaudit(9)

💅 capable_noaudit — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so you're reading the section 9 page for capable_noaudit, and honestly? she's that girl. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

capable_noaudit — figure out whether the current task has a superior capability in effect, by checking the process's effective capabilities, and do it all unaudited 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool capable_noaudit (int cap );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• cap — the capability you're testing for, bestie. that's the one. 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so lowkey this is the exact same thing as capable, except it passes CAP_OPT_NOAUDIT so it doesn't go around issuing spurious audit messages. no spam in the audit log, we respect that 💅

and here's the icon behaviour: it sets PF_SUPERPRIV on the task if the capability is available — on the assumption that it's about to be used. like, she's manifesting. main character energy 🔥

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

kernel file ./kernel/capability.c — go read her, she's iconic 📖

• sys_capget(9)
• sys_capset(9)
• has_ns_capability(9)
• has_ns_capability_noaudit(9)
• has_capability_noaudit(9)
• ns_capable(9)
• ns_capable_noaudit(9)
• ns_capable_setid(9)
• capable(9)
• file_ns_capable(9)
• privileged_wrt_inode_uidgid(9)
• capable_wrt_inode_uidgid(9)
• ptracer_capable(9)

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mwah 💜 that's the whole page. source is ./kernel, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next man page, bestie, slay ✨🎀