diff -up dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.8.capability dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.8

--- dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.8.capability	2010-02-03 11:19:39.854958099 -0500

+++ dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.8	2010-02-03 11:44:57.949895909 -0500

@@ -381,6 +381,32 @@ Do not configure any interfaces.  Most u

 option.

 .TP

+.BI \-nc

+Do not drop capabilities.

+

+Normally, if

+.B dhclient

+was compiled with libcap-ng support,

+.B dhclient

+drops most capabilities immediately upon startup.  While more secure,

+this greatly restricts the additional actions that hooks in

+.B dhclient-script (8)

+can take.  (For example, any daemons that 

+.B dhclient-script (8)

+starts or restarts will inherit the restricted capabilities as well,

+which may interfere with their correct operation.)  Thus, the

+.BI \-nc

+option can be used to prevent

+.B dhclient

+from dropping capabilities.

+

+The

+.BI \-nc

+option is ignored if

+.B dhclient

+was not compiled with libcap-ng support.

+

+.TP

 .BI \-nw

 Become a daemon process immediately (nowait) rather than waiting until an IP

 address has been acquired.

diff -up dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c.capability dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c

--- dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c.capability	2010-02-03 11:19:39.876957973 -0500

+++ dhcp-4.1.1/client/dhclient.c	2010-02-03 11:46:14.665957658 -0500

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@

 #include <sys/time.h>

 #include <sys/wait.h>

 #include <limits.h>

+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG

+#include <cap-ng.h>

+#endif

 /*

  * Defined in stdio.h when _GNU_SOURCE is set, but we don't want to define

@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@ int wanted_ia_ta = 0;

 int wanted_ia_pd = 0;

 char *mockup_relay = NULL;

 int bootp_broadcast_always = 0;

+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG

+static int keep_capabilities = 0;

+#endif

 extern u_int32_t default_requested_options[];

@@ -376,6 +382,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {

 			}

 			dhclient_request_options = argv[i];

+		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nc")) {

+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG

+			keep_capabilities = 1;

+#endif

 		} else if (argv[i][0] == '-') {

 		    usage();

 		} else if (interfaces_requested < 0) {

@@ -424,6 +434,19 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {

 		path_dhclient_script = s;

 	}

+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCAP_NG

+	/* Drop capabilities */

+	if (!keep_capabilities) {

+		capng_clear(CAPNG_SELECT_CAPS);

+		capng_update(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE|CAPNG_PERMITTED,

+				CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE); // Drop this someday

+		capng_updatev(CAPNG_ADD, CAPNG_EFFECTIVE|CAPNG_PERMITTED,

+				CAP_NET_ADMIN, CAP_NET_RAW,

+				CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE, CAP_SYS_ADMIN, -1);

+		capng_apply(CAPNG_SELECT_CAPS);

+	}

+#endif

+

 	/* Set up the initial dhcp option universe. */

 	initialize_common_option_spaces();

diff -up dhcp-4.1.1/client/Makefile.am.capability dhcp-4.1.1/client/Makefile.am

--- dhcp-4.1.1/client/Makefile.am.capability	2008-11-18 17:33:22.000000000 -0500

+++ dhcp-4.1.1/client/Makefile.am	2010-02-03 11:19:39.895958083 -0500

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dhclient_SOURCES = clparse.c dhclient.c 

 		   scripts/netbsd scripts/nextstep scripts/openbsd \

 		   scripts/solaris scripts/openwrt

 dhclient_LDADD = ../common/libdhcp.a ../minires/libres.a \

-		 ../omapip/libomapi.a ../dst/libdst.a

+		 ../omapip/libomapi.a ../dst/libdst.a $(CAPNG_LDADD)

 man_MANS = dhclient.8 dhclient-script.8 dhclient.conf.5 dhclient.leases.5

 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS)

diff -up dhcp-4.1.1/configure.ac.capability dhcp-4.1.1/configure.ac

--- dhcp-4.1.1/configure.ac.capability	2010-02-03 11:19:39.806895971 -0500

+++ dhcp-4.1.1/configure.ac	2010-02-03 11:19:39.895958083 -0500

@@ -419,6 +419,41 @@ AC_TRY_LINK(

 # Look for optional headers.

 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/socket.h net/if_dl.h net/if6.h regex.h)

+# look for capabilities library

+AC_ARG_WITH(libcap-ng,

+    [  --with-libcap-ng=[auto/yes/no]  Add Libcap-ng support [default=auto]],,

+    with_libcap_ng=auto)

+

+# Check for Libcap-ng API

+#

+# libcap-ng detection

+if test x$with_libcap_ng = xno ; then

+    have_libcap_ng=no;

+else

+    # Start by checking for header file

+    AC_CHECK_HEADER(cap-ng.h, capng_headers=yes, capng_headers=no)

+

+    # See if we have libcap-ng library

+    AC_CHECK_LIB(cap-ng, capng_clear,

+                 CAPNG_LDADD=-lcap-ng,)

+

+    # Check results are usable

+    if test x$with_libcap_ng = xyes -a x$CAPNG_LDADD = x ; then

+       AC_MSG_ERROR(libcap-ng support was requested and the library was not found)

+    fi

+    if test x$CAPNG_LDADD != x -a $capng_headers = no ; then

+       AC_MSG_ERROR(libcap-ng libraries found but headers are missing)

+    fi

+fi

+AC_SUBST(CAPNG_LDADD)

+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to use libcap-ng)

+if test x$CAPNG_LDADD != x ; then

+    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBCAP_NG,1,[libcap-ng support])

+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)

+else

+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)

+fi

+

 # find an MD5 library

 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(MD5_Init, [crypto])

 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(MD5Init, [crypto])