Capabilities

Overview

Permission group and capability operations.

Status pg_copy(
	Capref	source,
	Capref	destination )

Copy a permission group.

Status cap_copy(
	Capref	source,
	Capref	destination )

Copy a capability.

Status cap_delete(
	Capref	target )

Delete a capability.

Status pg_delete(
	Capref	target )

Delete a permission group.

Status cap_derive(
	Capref	source,
	Capref	destination,
	Kernel_rights	kernel_rights,
	User_rights	user_rights )

Derive a new capability from an existing one.

Status cap_inject(
	Capref	source,
	Capref	entity,
	Capref	destination )

Inject a capability into another entities capability table.

Status pg_reduce(
	Capref	target,
	Permissions	new_permissions )

Produce a new permission group with reduced permissions.

Status cap_set_entity_rights(
	Capref	target,
	Entity_rights	entity_rights )

Set the entity rights for a capability.

Status cap_get_rights(
	Capref	source,
	Rights	*rights )

Get the entity rights from a capability.