request-key - handle key instantiation callback requests from the
kernel
/sbin/request-key <op> <key> <uid>
<gid> <threadring> <processring> <sessionring>
[<info>]
This program is invoked by the kernel when the kernel is asked for
a key that it doesn't have immediately available. The kernel creates a
partially set up key and then calls out to this program to instantiate it.
It is not intended to be called directly.
However, for debugging purposes, it can be given some options on
the command line:
- -d
- Turn on debugging mode. In this mode, no attempts are made to access any
keys and, if a handler program is selected, it won't be executed; instead,
this program will print a message and exit 0.
- -D
<description>
- In debugging mode, use the proposed key description specified with this
rather than the sample ("user;0;0;1f0000;debug:1234") built into
the program.
- -l
- Use configuration from the current directory. The program will use
request-key.d/* and request-key.conf from the current
directory rather than from /etc.
- -n
- Don't log to the system log. Ordinarily, error messages and debugging
messages will be copied to the system log - this will prevent that.
- -v
- Turn on debugging output. This may be specified multiple times to produce
increasing levels of verbosity.
- --version
- Print the program version and exit.
All errors will be logged to the syslog.
/etc/request-key.d/*.conf Individual configuration files.
/etc/request-key.conf Fallback configuration file.