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REQUEST-KEY(8)                     Linux Key Management Utilities                     REQUEST-KEY(8)



NAME
       request-key - handle key instantiation callback requests from the kernel

SYNOPSIS
       /sbin/request-key  <op>  <key>  <uid>  <gid>  <threadring>  <processring>       <sessionring>
       [<info>]

DESCRIPTION
       This program is invoked by the kernel when the kernel is asked for a key that it doesn't have
       immediately  available.  The kernel creates a partially set up key and then calls out to this
       program to instantiate it. It is not intended to be called directly.

       However, for debugging purposes, it can be given some options on the command line:

       -d     Turn on debugging mode.  In this mode, no attempts are made to access any keys and, if
              a  handler program is selected, it won't be executed; instead, this program will print
              a message and exit 0.

       -D <description>
              In debugging mode, use the proposed key description specified with  this  rather  than
              the sample ("user;0;0;1f0000;debug:1234") built into the program.

       -l     Use  configuration  from  the current directory.  The program will use request-key.d/*
              and request-key.conf from the current directory rather than from /etc.

       -n     Don't log to the system log.  Ordinarily, error messages and debugging  messages  will
              be copied to the system log - this will prevent that.

       -v     Turn  on debugging output.  This may be specified multiple times to produce increasing
              levels of verbosity.

       --version
              Print the program version and exit.

ERRORS
       All errors will be logged to the syslog.

FILES
       /etc/request-key.d/*.conf Individual configuration files.

       /etc/request-key.conf Fallback configuration file.

SEE ALSO
       keyctl(1), request-key.conf(5), keyrings(7)



Linux                                        15 Nov 2011                              REQUEST-KEY(8)