From 017679c4d45783158dba1dd6f79e712c22bb3d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Howells Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:02:43 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] keys: Permit key expiry time to be set Add a new keyctl function that allows the expiry time to be set on a key or removed from a key, provided the caller has attribute modification access. Signed-off-by: David Howells Cc: Trond Myklebust Cc: Alexander Zangerl Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/keys.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/keys.txt index 6304db59bfe..c17c4ca7430 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/keys.txt @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: keyring is full, error ENFILE will result. The link procedure checks the nesting of the keyrings, returning ELOOP if - it appears to deep or EDEADLK if the link would introduce a cycle. + it appears too deep or EDEADLK if the link would introduce a cycle. (*) Unlink a key or keyring from another keyring: @@ -628,6 +628,19 @@ The keyctl syscall functions are: there is one, otherwise the user default session keyring. + (*) Set the timeout on a key. + + long keyctl(KEYCTL_SET_TIMEOUT, key_serial_t key, unsigned timeout); + + This sets or clears the timeout on a key. The timeout can be 0 to clear + the timeout or a number of seconds to set the expiry time that far into + the future. + + The process must have attribute modification access on a key to set its + timeout. Timeouts may not be set with this function on negative, revoked + or expired keys. + + =============== KERNEL SERVICES =============== -- cgit v1.2.3