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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-19 17:00:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-12-27 09:36:12 +0100 |
| commit | 39b91a53ca839ede30dc7eedee4bc6e702d6a6f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 99f3848d2804c7e1beb4b0f48b0dce6104baf3f8 /man2/keyctl.2 | |
| parent | 9f79744c9af3a1d7bb5be3593c1032351c04acd7 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-39b91a53ca839ede30dc7eedee4bc6e702d6a6f3.tar.gz | |
keyctl.2: Simplify KEYCTL_NEGATE details
This operation is just a special case of KEYCTL_REJECT
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man2/keyctl.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/keyctl.2 | 26 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/man2/keyctl.2 b/man2/keyctl.2 index a6497a9ddc..7073f80f05 100644 --- a/man2/keyctl.2 +++ b/man2/keyctl.2 @@ -781,31 +781,9 @@ via the function .BR keyctl_instantiate (3). .TP .BR KEYCTL_NEGATE " (since Linux 2.6.11)" -Negatively instantiate a partially constructed key with the ID provided in the -.I arg2 -argument (cast to -.IR key_serial_t ), -setting the timeout (in seconds) to the value provided in the -.I arg3 -argument (cast to -.IR "unsigned int" ). -The instantiated key will be linked to the keyring ID which is provided in the -.I arg4 -argument (cast to -.IR key_serial_t ). - -The caller must have the appropriate instantiation permit set -(authorization key, see -.B KEYCTL_ASSUME_AUTHORITY -command). - -Negative keys are used to rate limit repeated -.BR request_key (2) -calls by causing them to fail with the error -.B ENOKEY -until the negative key expires. +Negatively instantiate a partially constructed key. -This is equivalent to the call +This operation is equivalent to the call: keyctl(KEYCTL_REJECT, arg2, arg3, ENOKEY, arg4); |