NAME¶
keyctl_clear - clear a keyring
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <keyutils.h>
long keyctl_clear(key_serial_t keyring);
DESCRIPTION¶
keyctl_clear() clears the contents of a keyring.
The caller must have write permission on a keyring to be
able clear it.
RETURN VALUE¶
On success keyctl_clear() returns 0. On error, the value -1
will be returned and errno will have been set to an appropriate error.
ERRORS¶
- ENOKEY
- The keyring specified is invalid.
- EKEYEXPIRED
- The keyring specified has expired.
- EKEYREVOKED
- The keyring specified had been revoked.
- EACCES
- The keyring exists, but is not writable 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.