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diff --git a/man7/process-keyring.7 b/man7/process-keyring.7 deleted file mode 100644 index 215c72124..000000000 --- a/man7/process-keyring.7 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -.\" Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com) -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later -.\" -.TH process-keyring 7 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" -.SH NAME -process-keyring \- per-process shared keyring -.SH DESCRIPTION -The process keyring is a keyring used to anchor keys on behalf of a process. -It is created only when a process requests it. -The process keyring has the name (description) -.IR _pid . -.P -A special serial number value, -.BR KEY_SPEC_PROCESS_KEYRING , -is defined that can be used in lieu of the actual serial number of -the calling process's process keyring. -.P -From the -.BR keyctl (1) -utility, '\fB@p\fP' can be used instead of a numeric key ID in -much the same way, but since -.BR keyctl (1) -is a program run after forking, this is of no utility. -.P -A thread created using the -.BR clone (2) -.B CLONE_THREAD -flag has the same process keyring as the caller of -.BR clone (2). -When a new process is created using -.BR fork () -it initially has no process keyring. -A process's process keyring is cleared on -.BR execve (2). -The process keyring is destroyed when the last -thread that refers to it terminates. -.P -If a process doesn't have a process keyring when it is accessed, -then the process keyring will be created if the keyring is to be modified; -otherwise, the error -.B ENOKEY -results. -.SH SEE ALSO -.ad l -.nh -.BR keyctl (1), -.BR keyctl (3), -.BR keyrings (7), -.BR persistent\-keyring (7), -.BR session\-keyring (7), -.BR thread\-keyring (7), -.BR user\-keyring (7), -.BR user\-session\-keyring (7) |