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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/key_setsecret.3 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/key_setsecret.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fd2bc02d --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/key_setsecret.3 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 2002 walter harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de) +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-1.0-or-later +.\" +.\" I had no way the check the functions out +.\" be careful +.TH key_setsecret 3 2022-12-15 "Linux man-pages 6.04" +.SH NAME +key_decryptsession, key_encryptsession, key_setsecret, key_gendes, +key_secretkey_is_set \- interfaces to rpc keyserver daemon +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <rpc/rpc.h> +.PP +.BI "int key_decryptsession(char *" remotename ", des_block *" deskey ); +.BI "int key_encryptsession(char *" remotename ", des_block *" deskey ); +.PP +.BI "int key_gendes(des_block *" deskey ); +.PP +.BI "int key_setsecret(char *" key ); +.B int key_secretkey_is_set(void); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The functions here are used within the RPC's secure authentication +mechanism (AUTH_DES). +There should be no need for user programs to +use this functions. +.PP +The function +.BR key_decryptsession () +uses the (remote) server netname and takes the DES key +for decrypting. +It uses the public key of the server and the +secret key associated with the effective UID of the calling process. +.PP +The function +.BR key_encryptsession () +is the inverse of +.BR key_decryptsession (). +It encrypts the DES keys with the public key of the server and +the secret key associated with the effective UID of the calling process. +.PP +The function +.BR key_gendes () +is used to ask the keyserver for a secure conversation key. +.PP +The function +.BR key_setsecret () +is used to set the key for the effective UID of the calling process. +.PP +The function +.BR key_secretkey_is_set () +can be used to determine whether a key has been +set for the effective UID of the calling process. +.SH RETURN VALUE +These functions return 1 on success and 0 on failure. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.ad l +.nh +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.BR key_decryptsession (), +.BR key_encryptsession (), +.BR key_gendes (), +.BR key_setsecret (), +.BR key_secretkey_is_set () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.hy +.ad +.sp 1 +.SH NOTES +Note that we talk about two types of encryption here. +One is asymmetric using a public and secret key. +The other is symmetric, the +64-bit DES. +.PP +These routines were part of the Linux/Doors-project, abandoned by now. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR crypt (3) |