Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030527AbVJGSgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:36:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030523AbVJGSgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:36:24 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:51364 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030527AbVJGSgY (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:36:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 11:36:05 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: David Howells Cc: James Morris , Chris Wright , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , keyrings@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Smalley , Steve Grubb Subject: Re: [Keyrings] [PATCH] Keys: Add LSM hooks for key management Message-ID: <20051007183605.GR16352@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> References: <29942.1128529714@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <20051005211030.GC16352@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <23333.1128596048@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <30209.1128611882@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <21406.1128675035@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <21406.1128675035@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 597 Lines: 15 * David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com) wrote: > James Morris wrote: > > > Ok, time to add KEY_CREATE? > > But to what? It is possible to request or create a key without linking it to > anything, at least for kernel services. I don't see the need. Write permission to keyring, yes, link permission to link a key to a keyring, yes. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/