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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2010 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
.\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
.\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
.\" as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
.\" 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
.\"
.TH KEYCTL 3 "29 Aug 2013" Linux "Linux Key Management Calls"
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.SH NAME
keyctl_*() \- Key management function wrappers
.\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR keyctl ()
system call is a multiplexor for a number of key management functions.  These
should be called via the wrappers in the libkeyutils library.
.P
The functions can be compiled in by including the keyutils header file:
.sp
.RS
.nf
.B #include <keyutils.h>
.RE
.P
and then telling the linker it should link in the library:
.sp
.RS
.nf
.B -lkeyutils
.RE
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.SH KEYCTL FUNCTIONS
.BR keyctl_assume_authority (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_clear (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_describe (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_describe_alloc (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_get_keyring_ID (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_instantiate (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_instantiate_iov (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_invalidate (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_join_session_keyring (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_link (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_negate (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_read (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_read_alloc (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_reject (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_revoke (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_search (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_security (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_security_alloc (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_session_to_parent (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_set_timeout (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_setperm (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_unlink (3)
.br
.BR keyctl_update (3)
.\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
.SH UTILITY FUNCTIONS
.BR recursive_key_scan (3)
.br
.BR recursive_session_key_scan (3)
.\"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR keyctl (1),
.br
.BR add_key (2),
.br
.BR keyctl (2),
.br
.BR request_key (2),
.br
.BR request-key (8)