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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-02-10 10:51:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-03-12 12:45:43 +0100 |
| commit | 4e23dce354fb5c8324dd09558a9a44af553e45b4 (patch) | |
| tree | d91c231996604cafaa50526d00aefede28deba72 | |
| parent | 16d9a8f9245eb4fdaf6521884f755e3b5018877b (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-4e23dce354fb5c8324dd09558a9a44af553e45b4.tar.gz | |
keyctl.2: Minor improvement to KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE description
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/keyctl.2 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2 index 1ce7a3d777..807864da91 100644 --- a/man2/keyctl.2 +++ b/man2/keyctl.2 @@ -870,12 +870,15 @@ is nonzero, then, subject to the same constraints and rules as the instantiated key is linked into the keyring whose ID specified in .IR arg5 . -The caller must have the appropriate authorization key. +The caller must have the appropriate authorization key, +and once the uninstantiated key has been instantiated, +the authorization key is revoked. In other words, this operation is available only from a .BR request-key (8)-style program. See -.BR request_key (2). +.BR request_key (2) +for an explanation of uninstantiated keys and key instantiation. This operation is exposed by .I libkeyutils |