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request_key.2: Tweaks 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-11-04 12:55:36 +01:00
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@ -124,8 +124,9 @@ The kernel creates an uninstantiated key, U, with the requested
and
.IR description .
.IP b)
The kernel creates an authorization key, V, that refers to the key U
and records the facts that the caller of
The kernel creates an authorization key, V,
.\" struct request_key_auth, defined in security/keys/internal.h
that refers to the key U and records the facts that the caller of
.BR request_key (2)
is:
.RS
@ -154,10 +155,15 @@ permissions to the key possessor as well as
permission for the key user.
.IP *
The description (name) of the key is the hexadecimal
string representing the ID of the key that is to be instantiated.
string representing the ID of the key that is to be instantiated
in the requesting program.
.IP *
The payload of the key is taken from the data specified in
.IR callout_info .
.IP *
Internally, the kernel also records a record of the PID of the process
that called
.BR request_key (2).
.RE
.IP c)
The kernel creates a process that executes a user-space service such as