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@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ KEY SERVICE OVERVIEW
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The key service provides a number of features besides keys:
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- (*) The key service defines two special key types:
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+ (*) The key service defines three special key types:
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(+) "keyring"
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@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ The key service provides a number of features besides keys:
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blobs of data. These can be created, updated and read by userspace,
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and aren't intended for use by kernel services.
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+ (+) "logon"
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+ Like a "user" key, a "logon" key has a payload that is an arbitrary
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+ blob of data. It is intended as a place to store secrets which are
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+ accessible to the kernel but not to userspace programs.
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+ The description can be arbitrary, but must be prefixed with a non-zero
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+ length string that describes the key "subclass". The subclass is
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+ separated from the rest of the description by a ':'. "logon" keys can
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+ be created and updated from userspace, but the payload is only
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+ readable from kernel space.
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(*) Each process subscribes to three keyrings: a thread-specific keyring, a
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process-specific keyring, and a session-specific keyring.
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