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REQUEST_KEY(2)		  Linux Key Management Calls		REQUEST_KEY(2)

NAME
       request_key - request a key from the kernel's key management facility

SYNOPSIS
       #include <keyutils.h>

       key_serial_t request_key(const char *type, const char *description,
				const char *callout_info,
				key_serial_t keyring);

DESCRIPTION
       request_key()  asks  the	 kernel	 to  find a key of the given type that
       matches the specified description and, if successful, to attach	it  to
       the nominated keyring and to return its serial number.

       request_key()  first  recursively searches all the keyrings attached to
       the calling process in the order thread-specific keyring,  process-spe‐
       cific keyring and then session keyring for a matching key.

       If  request_key()  is called from a program invoked by request_key() on
       behalf of some other process to generate a key, then  the  keyrings  of
       that  other  process  will be searched next, using that other process's
       UID, GID, groups, and security context to control access.

       The keys in each keyring searched are checked for a  match  before  any
       child  keyrings	are  recursed into.  Only keys that are searchable for
       the caller may be found, and only searchable keyrings may be searched.

       If the key is not found, then, if callout_info is  set,	this  function
       will  attempt to look further afield.  In such a case, the callout_info
       is passed to a user-space service such as /sbin/request-key to generate
       the key.

       If  that	 is  unsuccessful  also, then an error will be returned, and a
       temporary negative key will be  installed  in  the  nominated  keyring.
       This  will  expire after a few seconds, but will cause subsequent calls
       to request_key() to fail until it does.

       The keyring serial number may be that of a valid keyring to  which  the
       caller has write permission, or it may be a special keyring ID:

       KEY_SPEC_THREAD_KEYRING
	      This specifies the caller's thread-specific keyring.

       KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING
	      This specifies the caller's process-specific keyring.

       KEY_SPEC_SESSION_KEYRING
	      This specifies the caller's session-specific keyring.

       KEY_SPEC_USER_KEYRING
	      This specifies the caller's UID-specific keyring.

       KEY_SPEC_USER_SESSION_KEYRING
	      This specifies the caller's UID-session keyring.

       If  a  key is created, no matter whether it's a valid key or a negative
       key, it will displace any other key of the same	type  and  description
       from the destination keyring.

RETURN VALUE
       On success request_key() returns the serial number of the key it found.
       On error, the value -1 will be returned and errno will have been set to
       an appropriate error.

ERRORS
       EACCES The keyring wasn't available for modification by the user.

       EINTR  The request was interrupted by a signal.

       EDQUOT The  key	quota for this user would be exceeded by creating this
	      key or linking it to the keyring.

       EKEYEXPIRED
	      An expired key was found, but no replacement could be obtained.

       EKEYREJECTED
	      The attempt to generate a new key was rejected.

       EKEYREVOKED
	      A revoked key was found, but no replacement could be obtained.

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to create a key.

       ENOKEY No matching key was found.

LINKING
       Although this is a Linux system call, it is not present in libc but can
       be  found  rather  in  libkeyutils.  When linking, -lkeyutils should be
       specified to the linker.

SEE ALSO
       keyctl(1), add_key(2), keyctl(2), request-key(8)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.65 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux				  2010-02-25			REQUEST_KEY(2)
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