KEYCTL_CLEAR(3) 					    Linux Key Management Calls						   KEYCTL_CLEAR(3)

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	      The keyring specified had been revoked.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)

Linux								    4 May 2006							   KEYCTL_CLEAR(3)