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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys/core.rst | 21 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst index 9521c4207f01..823d29bf44f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/keys/core.rst @@ -577,6 +577,27 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: added. + * Move a key from one keyring to another:: + + long keyctl(KEYCTL_MOVE, + key_serial_t id, + key_serial_t from_ring_id, + key_serial_t to_ring_id, + unsigned int flags); + + Move the key specified by "id" from the keyring specified by + "from_ring_id" to the keyring specified by "to_ring_id". If the two + keyrings are the same, nothing is done. + + "flags" can have KEYCTL_MOVE_EXCL set in it to cause the operation to fail + with EEXIST if a matching key exists in the destination keyring, otherwise + such a key will be replaced. + + A process must have link permission on the key for this function to be + successful and write permission on both keyrings. Any errors that can + occur from KEYCTL_LINK also apply on the destination keyring here. + + * Unlink a key or keyring from another keyring:: long keyctl(KEYCTL_UNLINK, key_serial_t keyring, key_serial_t key); |