metadata servers. Capabilities can also restrict access to data within one or
more pools.
-.. important:: Ceph capabilities are **NOT** the same as CephFS
- filesystem authorization permission using the POSIX file system
- interface (e.g., ``chmod``).
+.. important:: Ceph uses the capabilities discussed here for setting up and
+ controlling access between various Ceph client and server instances, and
+ are relevant regardless of what type of client accesses the Ceph object
+ store. CephFS uses a different type of capability for files and directories
+ internal to the CephFS filesystem. CephFS filesystem access controls are
+ relevant to CephFS, but not block devices or the RESTful gateway.
A Ceph ``client.admin`` user sets a user's capabilities when creating
the user.