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<concept id="GUID-6971B0A2-F79B-4E05-8AF3-BB1FC1932A22" xml:lang="en"><title>Capabilities</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody> |
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<p>Capabilities allow the Symbian platform to control access by |
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applications to the functionalities provided by the platform APIs. |
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Access to capabilities is determined by the device configuration and |
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how the application has been signed. Capabilities can be divided into |
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four categories:</p> |
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<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> |
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<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> |
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<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> |
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<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> |
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<p>Capabilities required by the application are defined in the <codeph>mmp</codeph> project definition file during the build process, and |
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cannot be changed during run time. For information on the parameters |
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you can use, see <b>Symbian Tools Guide > Building > |
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Symbian Build System (SBSv1) > Build tools reference > MMP file syntax |
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> capability</b>. Carbide.c++ has a Capability Scanner tool which |
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can be accessed through the <b>Project > Run Capability Scanner on |
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Project MMP</b> menu. The tool scans and checks the project for required |
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capabilities.</p> |
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<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 |
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certified or signed. It then checks the capabilities requested by |
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the application. If the application has been certified, it checks |
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that the root certificate is allowed to grant the required capabilities. |
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If no problems are encountered, the installation can continue. For |
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information on certifications required by the capabilities, see <xref href="GUID-B9414AE8-820E-4CA5-A9C4-29560CD6F2EF.dita">Application signing</xref>.</p> |
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<p>The user can grant the <i>user capabilities</i> to a self-signed |
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application. For example, the following dialog is shown to the user |
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to grant the <codeph>LocalServices</codeph> capability:</p> |
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<fig id="GUID-5FCD68FB-BB79-48E0-B438-E8BFAD37331D"><title>Granting LocalServices capability during the installation</title><image href="GUID-08152DC3-2A5D-42AC-B722-3D49275FE548_d0e13076_href.png"/></fig> |
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<section id="GUID-DD22FF50-BE6F-4929-85BA-EAF3481EA2BD"><title>dll capabilities</title> |
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<p>A <codeph>dll</codeph> must have equal or greater set of capabilities |
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than the loading process, otherwise the process is not allowed to |
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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 |
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leak capabilities to the process, but a process can leak capabilities |
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to the <codeph>dll</codeph>.</p> |
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<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 |
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the Forum Nokia Knowledge Base.</p> |
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