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  • Does not a process (context) have capabilities, not a file?! Sub-processes inherit it. Commented Feb 9, 2018 at 20:14
  • @Ned64 You have probably figured it all out now, but for posterity -- there is the notion of "file capabilities", see the man-pages for capabilities. Indeed, Linux may associate capabilities with file system objects using extended attributes, but you are also correct in that it is processes that are associated with capabilities -- although files can thus be said to be as well. Commented May 24, 2023 at 12:44