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| The keyring specified had been revoked.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.
SEE ALSO
keyctl(1), add_key(2), keyctl(2), request_key(2), keyctl_get_keyring_ID(3), keyctl_join_session_keyring(3), keyctl_update(3), keyctl_revoke(3), keyctl_chown(3), keyctl_setperm(3), keyctl_describe(3), keyctl_link(3), keyctl_unlink(3), keyctl_search(3), keyctl_read(3), keyctl_instantiate(3), keyctl_negate(3), keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring(3), keyctl_set_timeout(3), keyctl_assume_authority(3), keyctl_describe_alloc(3), keyctl_read_alloc(3), request-key(8)
