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how do I give users capabilities Enable Linux Capabilities on MacOS

How doBy default, MacOS does not support linux capabilities.

This can be observed from the fact that the setcap command does not exist on MacOS.

As far as I give userscan tell, the libcap library does not exist on MacOS.

Is there a way to enable or install linux capabilities in OSXor a similar system such that they can be utilized on MacOS? I googled

Is it andpossible to manually patch MacOS to support capabilities?

Note: I found no answersam asking this mostly out of curiosity, not because I am trying to actually utilize this as a solution to a problem I have. TheI am aware that other solutions like setcapsetuid command doesn't exist in OSX.

how do I give users capabilities

How do I give users capabilities in OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The setcap command doesn't exist in OSX.

Enable Linux Capabilities on MacOS

By default, MacOS does not support linux capabilities.

This can be observed from the fact that the setcap command does not exist on MacOS.

As far as I can tell, the libcap library does not exist on MacOS.

Is there a way to enable or install linux capabilities or a similar system such that they can be utilized on MacOS?

Is it possible to manually patch MacOS to support capabilities?

Note: I am asking this mostly out of curiosity, not because I am trying to actually utilize this as a solution to a problem I have. I am aware that other solutions like setuid exist.

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How do I give users capabilities in mac OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The 'setcap'setcap command doesn't exist in mac OSX.

Thank you!

How do I give users capabilities in mac OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The 'setcap' command doesn't exist in mac OSX.

Thank you!

How do I give users capabilities in OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The setcap command doesn't exist in OSX.

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How do I give users capabilities such as CAP_CHOWN in mac OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The 'setcap' command doesn't exist in mac OSX.

Thank you!

How do I give users capabilities such as CAP_CHOWN in mac OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The 'setcap' command doesn't exist in mac OSX.

Thank you!

How do I give users capabilities in mac OSX? I googled it and I found no answers. The 'setcap' command doesn't exist in mac OSX.

Thank you!

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