# restore capabilities if capabilities are in the backup

        if is_true "$NETFS_RESTORE_CAPABILITIES" ; then

                if test -s $VAR_DIR/recovery/capabilities ; then

                        Log "Restoring Capabilities."

                        while IFS="=" read file cap ; do

                                file="${file% }"

                                cap="${cap# }"

                                setcap "${cap}" "${TARGET_FS_ROOT}/${file}" 2>/dev/null || Log "Error while setting capabilties to \"${file}\""

                        done < <(cat $VAR_DIR/recovery/capabilities)

                else

                        Log "No saved capabilities found"

                fi

        fi