NAME<\/a> keyutils \u2212 in-kernel key management utilities<\/p>\n The keyutils<\/b> package is a library and a set of utilities for accessing the kernel keyrings<\/b> facility.<\/p>\n A header file is supplied to provide the definitions and declarations required to access the library:<\/p>\n #include To link with the library, the following:<\/p>\n \u2212lkeyutils<\/b><\/p>\n should be specified to the linker.<\/p>\n Three system calls are provided: Supply a new key to the kernel.<\/p>\n request_key<\/b>(2)<\/p>\n Find an existing key for use, or, optionally, create one if one does not exist.<\/p>\n keyctl<\/b>(2)<\/p>\n Control a key in various ways. The library provides a variety of wrappers around this system call and those should be used rather than calling it directly.<\/p>\n See the add_key<\/b>(2), request_key<\/b>(2), and keyctl<\/b>(2) manual pages for more information.<\/p>\n The keyctl<\/b>() wrappers are listed on the keyctl<\/b>(3) manual page.<\/p>\n A program is provided to interact with the kernel facility by a number of subcommands, e.g.:<\/p>\n keyctl add user foo bar @s<\/b><\/p>\n See the keyctl<\/b>(1) manual page for information on that.<\/p>\n The kernel has the ability to upcall to userspace to fabricate new keys. This can be triggered by request_key<\/b>(), but userspace is better off using add_key<\/b>() instead if it possibly can.<\/p>\n The upcalling mechanism is usually routed via the request\u2212key<\/b>(8) program. What this does with any particular key is configurable in:<\/p>\n \/etc\/request\u2212key.conf
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