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keyctl.2: Improvements to description of KEYCTL_GET_KEYRING_ID
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -127,20 +127,30 @@ ceases to be available once the requested key has been instantiated; see
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.BR request_key (2).
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.RE
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.IP
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If the key specified in
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The behavior if the key specified in
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.I arg2
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does not exist, then a new key is created if the
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does not exist depends on the value of
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.I arg3
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argument (cast to
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.IR int )
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contains a non-zero value; otherwise the operation fails with the error
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.BR ENOKEY .
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(cast to
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.IR int ).
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If
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.I arg3
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contains a non-zero value, then\(emif it is appropriate to do so
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(e.g., when looking up the the user, user-session, or session key)\(ema new key is created and its real key ID returned as the function result.
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.\" The keyctl_get_keyring_ID.3 page says that a new key
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.\" "will be created *if it is appropriate to do so**. What is the
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.\" determiner for appropriate?
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.\" David Howells: Some special keys such as KEY_SPEC_REQKEY_AUTH_KEY
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.\" wouldn't get created but user/user-session/session keyring would
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.\" be created.
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Otherwise, the operation fails with the error
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.BR ENOKEY .
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If a valid key ID is specified in
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.IR arg2 ,
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and the key exists, then this operation simply returns the key ID.
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If the key does not exist, the call fails with error
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.BR ENOKEY .
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The caller must have
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.I search
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