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keyrings.7: Remove bogus statement about key permissions and /proc/keys 

Simple experiment shows that this statement is wrong!

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -366,14 +366,6 @@ doesn't require this permission.
The ownership details and security label of the key may be changed,
the key's expiration time may be set, and the key may be revoked.
.P
If any right is granted to a thread for a key,
.\" FIXME This seems to contradict the text below, which says that 'view'
.\" permission is what is significant.
then that thread will see the key listed in
.IR /proc/keys .
If no rights at all are granted, then that thread
can't even tell that the key exists.
.P
In addition to access rights, any active Linux Security Module (LSM) may
prevent access to a key if its policy so dictates.
A key may be given a