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.\" keyctl_chown |
.\" keyctl_setperm |
.\" keyctl_set_timeout |
.\" keyctl_instantiate - destination keyring |
.\" keyctl_instantiate_iov - destination keyring |
.\" keyctl_negate - destination keyring |
.\" keyctl_reject - destination keyring |
.\" keyctl_get_persistent - destination keyring |
.\" |
.\" will all create a keyring under some circumstances. whereas the rest, |
.\" such as keyctl_get_security, keyctl_read and keyctl_revoke, won't. |
.pp |
if the |
.br keyctl (2) |
.br keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring |
operation specifies |
.br key_reqkey_defl_default |
(or no |
.br keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring |
operation is performed), |
then the kernel looks for a keyring |
starting from the beginning of the list. |
.\" |
.ss requesting user-space instantiation of a key |
if the kernel cannot find a key matching |
.ir type |
and |
.ir description , |
and |
.i callout |
is not null, then the kernel attempts to invoke a user-space |
program to instantiate a key with the given |
.ir type |
and |
.ir description . |
in this case, the following steps are performed: |
.ip a) 4 |
the kernel creates an uninstantiated key, u, with the requested |
.i type |
and |
.ir description . |
.ip b) |
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 () |
is: |
.rs |
.ip (1) 4 |
the context in which the key u should be instantiated and secured, and |
.ip (2) |
the context from which associated key requests may be satisfied. |
.re |
.ip |
the authorization key is constructed as follows: |
.rs |
.ip * 3 |
the key type is |
.ir """.request_key_auth""" . |
.ip * |
the key's uid and gid are the same as the corresponding filesystem ids |
of the requesting process. |
.ip * |
the key grants |
.ir view , |
.ir read , |
and |
.ir search |
permissions to the key possessor as well as |
.ir view |
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 |
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 the pid of the process that called |
.br request_key (). |
.re |
.ip c) |
the kernel creates a process that executes a user-space service such as |
.br request\-key (8) |
with a new session keyring that contains a link to the authorization key, v. |
.\" the request\-key(8) program can be invoked in circumstances *other* than |
.\" when triggered by request_key(2). for example, upcalls from places such |
.\" as the dns resolver. |
.ip |
this program is supplied with the following command-line arguments: |
.rs |
.ip [0] 4 |
the string |
.ir """/sbin/request\-key""" . |
.ip [1] |
the string |
.i """create""" |
(indicating that a key is to be created). |
.ip [2] |
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