Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege

Packages describing “caps” as local USE flag

Package “caps” Flag Description
net-fs/cifs-utils Enable sys-libs/libcap-ng support
sys-apps/coreutils Add Linux capabilities support in output of file utilities (ls, dir, ...) via sys-libs/libcap
media-tv/kodi Use sys-libs/libcap to bind to privileged ports as non-root
kde-frameworks/kinit Capabilities support for improved security and better OOM handling
sys-apps/util-linux build setpriv helper (run programs with diff capabilities)
sys-apps/smartmontools Build against sys-libs/libcap-ng to allow smartd to drop its privileges.
dev-util/bpftool Use sys-libs/libcap to enable unprivileged run support

All packages providing a “caps” USE flag (37)