This was fixed upstream in libcap-2.25 : https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libcap/libcap.git/commit/?id=9c3d89fbb9d819ade80b544f8a35f7b90c07cd14
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libcap2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1704416 Title: CAP_AUDIT_READ is not supported on Xenial Status in libcap2 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm encountering the same issue as #1451601 describes. The fix, a more recent libcap2 2.25, has made it into the Yakkety distribution but not Xenial. Summary of the problem: One cannot raise or lower CAP_AUDIT_READ, which is equal to decimal value 37. As compiled, libcap2 2.24 supports up to CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND (36). lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 apt-cache policy libcap2 libcap2: Installed: 1:2.24-12 Candidate: 1:2.24-12 Version table: *** 1:2.24-12 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status setcap cap_audit_read=eip /bin/ls fatal error: Invalid argument usage: setcap [-q] [-v] (-r|-|<caps>) <filename> [ ... (-r|-|<capsN>) <filenameN> ] Note <filename> must be a regular (non-symlink) file. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcap2/+bug/1704416/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
