@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ func populateCommand(c *Container, env []string) error {

 		Resources:          resources,

 		AllowedDevices:     allowedDevices,

 		AutoCreatedDevices: autoCreatedDevices,

+		CapAdd:             c.hostConfig.CapAdd,

+		CapDrop:            c.hostConfig.CapDrop,

 	}

 	c.command.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setsid: true}

 	c.command.Env = env

@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ type InitArgs struct {

 	Console    string

 	Pipe       int

 	Root       string

+	CapAdd     string

+	CapDrop    string

 }

 // Driver specific information based on

@@ -140,6 +142,8 @@ type Command struct {

 	Mounts             []Mount             `json:"mounts"`

 	AllowedDevices     []*devices.Device   `json:"allowed_devices"`

 	AutoCreatedDevices []*devices.Device   `json:"autocreated_devices"`

+	CapAdd             []string            `json:"cap_add"`

+	CapDrop            []string            `json:"cap_drop"`

 	Terminal     Terminal `json:"-"`             // standard or tty terminal

 	Console      string   `json:"-"`             // dev/console path

@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ func (d *driver) Run(c *execdriver.Command, pipes *execdriver.Pipes, startCallba

 		params = append(params, "-w", c.WorkingDir)

 	}

+	if len(c.CapAdd) > 0 {

+		params = append(params, "-cap-add", strings.Join(c.CapAdd, " "))

+	}

+

+	if len(c.CapDrop) > 0 {

+		params = append(params, "-cap-drop", strings.Join(c.CapDrop, " "))

+	}

+

 	params = append(params, "--", c.Entrypoint)

 	params = append(params, c.Arguments...)

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package lxc

 import (

 	"fmt"

+	"strings"

 	"syscall"

 	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/namespaces"

@@ -48,8 +49,13 @@ func finalizeNamespace(args *execdriver.InitArgs) error {

 			return fmt.Errorf("clear keep caps %s", err)

 		}

+		caps, err := execdriver.TweakCapabilities(container.Capabilities, strings.Split(args.CapAdd, " "), strings.Split(args.CapDrop, " "))

+		if err != nil {

+			return err

+		}

+

 		// drop all other capabilities

-		if err := capabilities.DropCapabilities(container.Capabilities); err != nil {

+		if err := capabilities.DropCapabilities(caps); err != nil {

 			return fmt.Errorf("drop capabilities %s", err)

 		}

 	}

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func (d *driver) createContainer(c *execdriver.Command) (*libcontainer.Config, e

 		if err := d.setPrivileged(container); err != nil {

 			return nil, err

 		}

+	} else {

+		if err := d.setCapabilities(container, c); err != nil {

+			return nil, err

+		}

 	}

 	if err := d.setupCgroups(container, c); err != nil {

@@ -136,6 +140,11 @@ func (d *driver) setPrivileged(container *libcontainer.Config) (err error) {

 	return nil

 }

+func (d *driver) setCapabilities(container *libcontainer.Config, c *execdriver.Command) (err error) {

+	container.Capabilities, err = execdriver.TweakCapabilities(container.Capabilities, c.CapAdd, c.CapDrop)

+	return err

+}

+

 func (d *driver) setupCgroups(container *libcontainer.Config, c *execdriver.Command) error {

 	if c.Resources != nil {

 		container.Cgroups.CpuShares = c.Resources.CpuShares

new file mode 100644

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@

+package execdriver

+

+import (

+	"fmt"

+	"strings"

+

+	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/security/capabilities"

+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"

+)

+

+func TweakCapabilities(basics, adds, drops []string) ([]string, error) {

+	var (

+		newCaps []string

+		allCaps = capabilities.GetAllCapabilities()

+	)

+

+	// look for invalid cap in the drop list

+	for _, cap := range drops {

+		if strings.ToLower(cap) == "all" {

+			continue

+		}

+		if !utils.StringsContainsNoCase(allCaps, cap) {

+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown capability: %s", cap)

+		}

+	}

+

+	// handle --cap-add=all

+	if utils.StringsContainsNoCase(adds, "all") {

+		basics = capabilities.GetAllCapabilities()

+	}

+

+	if !utils.StringsContainsNoCase(drops, "all") {

+		for _, cap := range basics {

+			// skip `all` aready handled above

+			if strings.ToLower(cap) == "all" {

+				continue

+			}

+

+			// if we don't drop `all`, add back all the non-dropped caps

+			if !utils.StringsContainsNoCase(drops, cap) {

+				newCaps = append(newCaps, cap)

+			}

+		}

+	}

+

+	for _, cap := range adds {

+		// skip `all` aready handled above

+		if strings.ToLower(cap) == "all" {

+			continue

+		}

+

+		// look for invalid cap in the drop list

+		if !utils.StringsContainsNoCase(allCaps, cap) {

+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unknown capability: %s", cap)

+		}

+

+		// add cap if not already in the list

+		if !utils.StringsContainsNoCase(newCaps, cap) {

+			newCaps = append(newCaps, cap)

+		}

+	}

+	return newCaps, nil

+}

@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ You can now use the `stop` parameter to stop running containers before removal

 **New!**

 You can now use the `kill` parameter to kill running containers before removal.

+`POST /containers/(id)/start`

+

+**New!**

+The `hostConfig` option now accepts the field `CapAdd`, which specifies a list of capabilities

+to add, and the field `CapDrop`, which specifies a list of capabilities to drop.

+

 ## v1.13

 ### Full Documentation

@@ -241,7 +241,9 @@ Return low-level information on the container `id`

                             ]

                          },

                          "Links": ["/name:alias"],

-                         "PublishAllPorts": false

+                         "PublishAllPorts": false,

+                         "CapAdd: ["NET_ADMIN"],

+                         "CapDrop: ["MKNOD"]

                      }

         }

@@ -410,7 +412,9 @@ Start the container `id`

              "PublishAllPorts":false,

              "Privileged":false,

              "Dns": ["8.8.8.8"],

-             "VolumesFrom": ["parent", "other:ro"]

+             "VolumesFrom": ["parent", "other:ro"],

+             "CapAdd: ["NET_ADMIN"],

+             "CapDrop: ["MKNOD"]

         }

     **Example response**:

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ following options.

  - [Network Settings](#network-settings)

  - [Clean Up (--rm)](#clean-up-rm)

  - [Runtime Constraints on CPU and Memory](#runtime-constraints-on-cpu-and-memory)

- - [Runtime Privilege and LXC Configuration](#runtime-privilege-and-lxc-configuration)

+ - [Runtime Privilege, Linux Capabilities, and LXC Configuration](#runtime-privilege-linux-capabilities-and-lxc-configuration)

 ## Detached vs Foreground

@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ get the same proportion of CPU cycles, but you can tell the kernel to

 give more shares of CPU time to one or more containers when you start

 them via Docker.

-## Runtime Privilege and LXC Configuration

+## Runtime Privilege, Linux Capabilities, and LXC Configuration

+    --cap-add: Add Linux capabilities

+    --cap-drop: Drop Linux capabilities

     --privileged=false: Give extended privileges to this container

     --lxc-conf=[]: (lxc exec-driver only) Add custom lxc options --lxc-conf="lxc.cgroup.cpuset.cpus = 0,1"

@@ -242,6 +244,16 @@ host as processes running outside containers on the host. Additional

 information about running with `--privileged` is available on the

 [Docker Blog](http://blog.docker.com/2013/09/docker-can-now-run-within-docker/).

+In addition to `--privileged`, the operator can have fine grain control over the

+capabilities using `--cap-add` and `--cap-drop`. By default, Docker has a default

+list of capabilities that are kept. Both flags support the value `all`, so if the

+operator wants to have all capabilities but `MKNOD` they could use:

+

+    $ docker run --cap-add=ALL --cap-drop=MKNOD ...

+

+For interacting with the network stack, instead of using `--privileged` they

+should use `--cap-add=NET_ADMIN` to modify the network interfaces.

+

 If the Docker daemon was started using the `lxc` exec-driver

 (`docker -d --exec-driver=lxc`) then the operator can also specify LXC options

 using one or more `--lxc-conf` parameters. These can be new parameters or

@@ -783,6 +783,116 @@ func TestUnPrivilegedCanMknod(t *testing.T) {

 	logDone("run - test un-privileged can mknod")

 }

+func TestCapDropInvalid(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-drop=CHPASS", "busybox", "ls")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-drop=CHPASS invalid")

+}

+

+func TestCapDropCannotMknod(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-drop=MKNOD", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "mknod /tmp/sda b 8 0 && echo ok")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	if actual := strings.Trim(out, "\r\n"); actual == "ok" {

+		t.Fatalf("expected output not ok received %s", actual)

+	}

+	deleteAllContainers()

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-drop=MKNOD cannot mknod")

+}

+

+func TestCapDropALLCannotMknod(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-drop=ALL", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "mknod /tmp/sda b 8 0 && echo ok")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	if actual := strings.Trim(out, "\r\n"); actual == "ok" {

+		t.Fatalf("expected output not ok received %s", actual)

+	}

+	deleteAllContainers()

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-drop=ALL cannot mknod")

+}

+

+func TestCapDropALLAddMknodCannotMknod(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-drop=ALL", "--cap-add=MKNOD", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "mknod /tmp/sda b 8 0 && echo ok")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	if actual := strings.Trim(out, "\r\n"); actual != "ok" {

+		t.Fatalf("expected output ok received %s", actual)

+	}

+	deleteAllContainers()

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-drop=ALL --cap-add=MKNOD can mknod")

+}

+

+func TestCapAddInvalid(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-add=CHPASS", "busybox", "ls")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-add=CHPASS invalid")

+}

+

+func TestCapAddCanDownInterface(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-add=NET_ADMIN", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "ip link set eth0 down && echo ok")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	if actual := strings.Trim(out, "\r\n"); actual != "ok" {

+		t.Fatalf("expected output ok received %s", actual)

+	}

+	deleteAllContainers()

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-add=NET_ADMIN can set eth0 down")

+}

+

+func TestCapAddALLCanDownInterface(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-add=ALL", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "ip link set eth0 down && echo ok")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	if actual := strings.Trim(out, "\r\n"); actual != "ok" {

+		t.Fatalf("expected output ok received %s", actual)

+	}

+	deleteAllContainers()

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-add=ALL can set eth0 down")

+}

+

+func TestCapAddALLDropNetAdminCanDownInterface(t *testing.T) {

+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--cap-add=ALL", "--cap-drop=NET_ADMIN", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "ip link set eth0 down && echo ok")

+	out, _, err := runCommandWithOutput(cmd)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatal(err, out)

+	}

+

+	if actual := strings.Trim(out, "\r\n"); actual == "ok" {

+		t.Fatalf("expected output not ok received %s", actual)

+	}

+	deleteAllContainers()

+

+	logDone("run - test --cap-add=ALL --cap-drop=NET_ADMIN cannot set eth0 down")

+}

+

 func TestPrivilegedCanMount(t *testing.T) {

 	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--privileged", "busybox", "sh", "-c", "mount -t tmpfs none /tmp && echo ok")

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ type HostConfig struct {

 	VolumesFrom     []string

 	Devices         []DeviceMapping

 	NetworkMode     NetworkMode

+	CapAdd          []string

+	CapDrop         []string

 }

 func ContainerHostConfigFromJob(job *engine.Job) *HostConfig {

@@ -65,5 +67,11 @@ func ContainerHostConfigFromJob(job *engine.Job) *HostConfig {

 	if VolumesFrom := job.GetenvList("VolumesFrom"); VolumesFrom != nil {

 		hostConfig.VolumesFrom = VolumesFrom

 	}

+	if CapAdd := job.GetenvList("CapAdd"); CapAdd != nil {

+		hostConfig.CapAdd = CapAdd

+	}

+	if CapDrop := job.GetenvList("CapDrop"); CapDrop != nil {

+		hostConfig.CapDrop = CapDrop

+	}

 	return hostConfig

 }

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func parseRun(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string, sysInfo *sysinfo.SysInfo) (*Conf

 		flVolumesFrom opts.ListOpts

 		flLxcOpts     opts.ListOpts

 		flEnvFile     opts.ListOpts

+		flCapAdd      opts.ListOpts

+		flCapDrop     opts.ListOpts

 		flAutoRemove      = cmd.Bool([]string{"#rm", "-rm"}, false, "Automatically remove the container when it exits (incompatible with -d)")

 		flDetach          = cmd.Bool([]string{"d", "-detach"}, false, "Detached mode: run container in the background and print new container ID")

@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ func parseRun(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string, sysInfo *sysinfo.SysInfo) (*Conf

 	cmd.Var(&flVolumesFrom, []string{"#volumes-from", "-volumes-from"}, "Mount volumes from the specified container(s)")

 	cmd.Var(&flLxcOpts, []string{"#lxc-conf", "-lxc-conf"}, "(lxc exec-driver only) Add custom lxc options --lxc-conf=\"lxc.cgroup.cpuset.cpus = 0,1\"")

+	cmd.Var(&flCapAdd, []string{"-cap-add"}, "Add Linux capabilities")

+	cmd.Var(&flCapDrop, []string{"-cap-drop"}, "Drop Linux capabilities")

+

 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {

 		return nil, nil, cmd, err

 	}

@@ -258,6 +263,8 @@ func parseRun(cmd *flag.FlagSet, args []string, sysInfo *sysinfo.SysInfo) (*Conf

 		VolumesFrom:     flVolumesFrom.GetAll(),

 		NetworkMode:     netMode,

 		Devices:         deviceMappings,

+		CapAdd:          flCapAdd.GetAll(),

+		CapDrop:         flCapDrop.GetAll(),

 	}

 	if sysInfo != nil && flMemory > 0 && !sysInfo.SwapLimit {

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package sysinit

 import (

 	"flag"

 	"fmt"

+	"log"

+	"os"

+

 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/daemon/execdriver"

 	_ "github.com/dotcloud/docker/daemon/execdriver/lxc"

 	_ "github.com/dotcloud/docker/daemon/execdriver/native"

-	"log"

-	"os"

 )

 func executeProgram(args *execdriver.InitArgs) error {

@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ func SysInit() {

 		pipe       = flag.Int("pipe", 0, "sync pipe fd")

 		console    = flag.String("console", "", "console (pty slave) path")

 		root       = flag.String("root", ".", "root path for configuration files")

+		capAdd     = flag.String("cap-add", "", "capabilities to add")

+		capDrop    = flag.String("cap-drop", "", "capabilities to drop")

 	)

 	flag.Parse()

@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ func SysInit() {

 		Console:    *console,

 		Pipe:       *pipe,

 		Root:       *root,

+		CapAdd:     *capAdd,

+		CapDrop:    *capDrop,

 	}

 	if err := executeProgram(args); err != nil {

@@ -907,3 +907,12 @@ func ValidateContextDirectory(srcPath string) error {

 	})

 	return finalError

 }

+

+func StringsContainsNoCase(slice []string, s string) bool {

+	for _, ss := range slice {

+		if strings.ToLower(s) == strings.ToLower(ss) {

+			return true

+		}

+	}

+	return false

+}