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<concept id="GUID-6971B0A2-F79B-4E05-8AF3-BB1FC1932A22" xml:lang="en"><title>Capabilities</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<p>Capabilities allow the Symbian platform to control access by applications

to the functionalities provided by the platform APIs. Access to capabilities

is determined by the device configuration and how the application has been

signed. Capabilities can be divided into four categories:</p>

<ul>

<li><p><i>user capabilities</i>: <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/LocalServices" scope="external"><codeph>LocalServices</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/NetworkServices" scope="external"><codeph>NetworkServices</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/ReadUserData" scope="external"><codeph>ReadUserData</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/WriteUserData" scope="external"><codeph>WriteUserData</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/UserEnvironment" scope="external"><codeph>UserEnvironment</codeph></xref> and, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Location" scope="external"><codeph>Location</codeph></xref></p>

</li>

<li><p><i>system capabilities</i>: <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/PowerMgmt" scope="external"><codeph>PowerMgmt</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/ProtServ" scope="external"><codeph>ProtServ</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/ReadDeviceData" scope="external"><codeph>ReadDeviceData</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/SurroundingsDD" scope="external"><codeph>SurroundingsDD</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/SwEvent" scope="external"><codeph>SwEvent</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/TrustedUI" scope="external"><codeph>TrustedUI</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/WriteDeviceData" scope="external"><codeph>WriteDeviceData</codeph></xref></p>

</li>

<li><p><i>restricted capabilities</i>: <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/CommDD" scope="external"><codeph>CommDD</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/DiskAdmin" scope="external"><codeph>DiskAdmin</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/MultimediaDD" scope="external"><codeph>MultimediaDD</codeph></xref> and <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/NetworkControl" scope="external"><codeph>NetworkControl</codeph></xref></p>

</li>

<li><p><i>device manufacturer capabilitie</i>s: <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/AllFiles" scope="external"><codeph>AllFiles</codeph></xref>, <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/DRM" scope="external"><codeph>DRM</codeph></xref> and <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Trusted_Computing_Base_%28TCB%29" scope="external"><codeph>TCB</codeph></xref></p>

</li>

</ul>

<p>Capabilities required by the application are defined in the <codeph>mmp</codeph> project

definition file during the build process, and cannot be changed during run

time. For information on the parameters you can use, see <xref href="jar:GUID-35228542-8C95-4849-A73F-2B4F082F0C44.jar!/sdk/doc_source/ToolsAndUtilities94/Build-ref/Mmp-ref/capability.html" format="application/java-archive">capability</xref>.

Carbide.c++ has a Capability Scanner tool which can be accessed through the <b>Project

&gt; Run Capability Scanner on Project MMP</b> menu. The tool scans and checks

the project for required capabilities.</p>

<p>During the installation the <xref href="GUID-1293DE8C-E803-4ADF-9FA8-862519337331.dita">Software

Installer</xref> application in the device checks whether the application

has been certified or signed. It then checks the capabilities requested by

the application. If the application has been certified, it checks that the

root certificate is allowed to grant the required capabilities. If no problems

are encountered, the installation can continue. For information on certifications

required by the capabilities, see <xref href="GUID-B9414AE8-820E-4CA5-A9C4-29560CD6F2EF.dita">Application

signing</xref>.</p>

<p>The user can grant the <i>user capabilities</i> to a self-signed application.

For example, the following dialog is shown to the user to grant the <codeph>LocalServices</codeph> capability:</p>

<fig id="GUID-5FCD68FB-BB79-48E0-B438-E8BFAD37331D"><title>Granting LocalServices capability during the installation</title><image href="GUID-08152DC3-2A5D-42AC-B722-3D49275FE548_d0e9144_href.png"/></fig>

<section id="GUID-DD22FF50-BE6F-4929-85BA-EAF3481EA2BD"><title>dll capabilities</title>

<p>A <codeph>dll</codeph> must have equal or greater set of capabilities

than the loading process, otherwise the process is not allowed to load the <codeph>dll</codeph>.

Once loaded, a <codeph>dll</codeph> runs at the capability level of the loading

process. A <codeph>dll</codeph> that has a higher capability set than the

loading process cannot leak capabilities to the process, but a process can

leak capabilities to the <codeph>dll</codeph>.</p>

<p>For more information, see <xref href="http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/TSS000454_-_DLL_capability_model_in_a_secure_platform" scope="external">DLL

capability model in a secure platform</xref> (TSS000454) in the Forum Nokia

Knowledge Base.</p>

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