keyctl_session_to_parent(3) — Linux manual page

KEYCTL_S...O_PARENT(3) Linux Key Management Calls KEYCTL_S...O_PARENT(3)

NAME

       keyctl_session_to_parent - set the parent process's session
       keyring

SYNOPSIS

       #include <keyutils.h>

       long keyctl_session_to_parent();

DESCRIPTION

       keyctl_session_to_parent() changes the session keyring to which
       the calling process's parent subscribes to be the that of the
       calling process.

       The keyring must have link permission available to the calling
       process, the parent process must have the same UIDs/GIDs as the
       calling process, and the LSM must not reject the replacement.
       Furthermore, this may not be used to affect init or a kernel
       thread.

       Note that the replacement will not take immediate effect upon the
       parent process, but will rather be deferred to the next time it
       returns to userspace from kernel space.

RETURN VALUE

       On success keyctl_session_to_parent() returns 0.  On error, the
       value -1 will be returned and errno will have been set to an
       appropriate error.

ERRORS

       ENOMEM Insufficient memory to create a key.

       EPERM  The credentials of the parent don't match those of the
              caller.

       EACCES The named keyring exists, but is not linkable 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),
       keyrings(7), keyutils(7), session-keyring(7),
       user-session-keyring(7)

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Linux                          20 Feb 2014        KEYCTL_S...O_PARENT(3)

Pages that refer to this page: keyctl(2), keyctl(3), session-keyring(7)

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