diff -Nurd sysvinit-2.83-orig/src/init.c sysvinit-2.83/src/init.c
--- sysvinit-2.83-orig/src/init.c	Tue Oct  2 14:25:23 2001
+++ sysvinit-2.83/src/init.c	Mon Nov 19 01:11:41 2001
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/unistd.h>
+
+_syscall2(int, capget, cap_user_header_t, header, cap_user_data_t, data)
+_syscall2(int, capset, cap_user_header_t, header, const cap_user_data_t, data)
+
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -2296,6 +2303,10 @@
   sigset_t sgt;
   struct sigaction sa;
 
+  cap_user_header_t head;
+  cap_user_data_t data;
+
+
   if (!reload) {
   
 #if INITDEBUG
@@ -2380,6 +2391,34 @@
 		}
   		SETSIG(sa, SIGCHLD,  chld_handler, SA_RESTART);
   	}
+
+	/*
+	 *	This seems like the right place to do this, just before
+	 *	we read /etc/inittab...
+	 */
+
+	head = malloc(8);
+	data = malloc(3 * 4);  /* three 32 bit numbers... */
+
+	if (head && data) {
+		head->pid     = 0;
+		head->version = _LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION;
+
+		if (capget(head, data) == 0) {
+			/* Max out the inheritable capability set. */
+			data->inheritable = data->effective;
+
+			if (capset(head, data) == 0) {
+				log(L_CO, bootmsg, "set inheritable caps");
+			} else log(L_CO, bootmsg,
+					"unable to set inheritable caps");
+		} else log(L_CO, bootmsg, "not setting inheritable caps");
+
+		free(head);
+		free(data);
+
+	}
+
 
   	/*
 	 *	Start normal boot procedure.