From 49301cc82629decef6fe980817444f2fd55e5eb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 22:46:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] persistent-keyring.7: Note the format of a persistent keyring's name Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/persistent-keyring.7 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/persistent-keyring.7 b/man7/persistent-keyring.7 index 890c75a79..461484032 100644 --- a/man7/persistent-keyring.7 +++ b/man7/persistent-keyring.7 @@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ persistent-keyring \- per-user persistent keyring The persistent keyring is a keyring used to anchor keys on behalf of a user. Each UID the kernel deals with has its own persistent keyring that is shared between all threads owned by that UID. +The persistent keyring has a name (description) of the form +.I _persistent. +where +.I +is the user ID of the corresponding user. The persistent keyring may not be accessed directly, even by processes with the appropriate UID.