keyctl.2: KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING also has an effect for request_key(2)

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-12-17 14:31:06 +01:00
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@ -889,10 +889,6 @@ via the function
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.BR KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING " (since Linux 2.6.13)"
Set the default keyring to which implicitly requested keys
.\" FIXME
.\" Does this operation have any effect for the request_key(2) system call?
.\"
.\" David Howells: to be checked
will be linked for this thread, and return the previous setting.
Implicit key requests are those made by internal kernel components,
.\" I.e., calls to the kernel's internal request_key() interface,
@ -900,6 +896,10 @@ Implicit key requests are those made by internal kernel components,
.\" ultimately employs the kernel-internal interface).
such as can occur when, for example, opening files
on an AFS or NFS filesystem.
Setting the default keyring also has an effect when requesting
a key from user space; see
.BR request_key (2)
for details.
The
.I arg2