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keyctl.2: Minor improvement to KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE description 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-02-10 10:51:55 +01:00
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@ -870,12 +870,15 @@ is nonzero, then, subject to the same constraints and rules as
the instantiated key is linked into the keyring whose ID specified in
.IR arg5 .
The caller must have the appropriate authorization key.
The caller must have the appropriate authorization key,
and once the uninstantiated key has been instantiated,
the authorization key is revoked.
In other words, this operation is available only from a
.BR request-key (8)-style
program.
See
.BR request_key (2).
.BR request_key (2)
for an explanation of uninstantiated keys and key instantiation.
This operation is exposed by
.I libkeyutils