NAME¶

KEYCTL_UPDATE - update a key's data payload

LIBRARY¶

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <linux/keyctl.h>  /* Definition of KEY* constants */
#include <sys/syscall.h>   /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>

long syscall(SYS_keyctl, KEYCTL_UPDATE, key_serial_t key,
             void payload[.size], size_t size);

DESCRIPTION¶

Update a key's data payload.

key specifies the ID of the key to be updated. payload points to the new payload and size contains the new payload size in bytes.

The caller must have write permission on the key specified and the key type must support updating.

A negatively instantiated key (see KEYCTL_REJECT(2const)) can be positively instantiated with this operation.

RETURN VALUE¶

On success, 0 is returned.

On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS¶

The key type does not support updating.

VERSIONS¶

A wrapper is provided in the libkeyutils library: keyctl_update(3).

STANDARDS¶

Linux.

HISTORY¶

Linux 2.6.10.

SEE ALSO¶

keyctl(2), keyctl_update(3)