KEYCTL_CLEAR
KEYCTL_CLEAR
Section: Linux Key Management Calls (3) Updated: 4 May 2006 Local index
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NAME
keyctl_clear - Clear a keyring
SYNOPSIS
#include <keyutils.h>
long keyctl_clear(key_serial_t keyring);
DESCRIPTION
keyctl_clear()
clears the contents of a
keyring.
The caller must have
write
permission on a keyring to be able clear it.
RETURN VALUE
On success
keyctl_clear()
returns
0.
On error, the value
-1
will be returned and errno will have been set to an appropriate error.
ERRORS
- ENOKEY
-
The keyring specified is invalid.
- EKEYEXPIRED
-
The keyring specified has expired.
- EKEYREVOKED
-
The keyring specified had been revoked.
- EACCES
-
The keyring exists, but is not
writable
by the calling process.
LINKING
This is a library function that can be found in
libkeyutils.
When linking,
-lkeyutils
should be specified to the linker.
SEE ALSO
keyctl(1),
add_key(2),
keyctl(2),
request_key(2),
keyctl(3),
request-key(8)
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- SEE ALSO
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