-config KEYS
- bool "Enable access key retention support"
- help
- This option provides support for retaining authentication tokens and
- access keys in the kernel.
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- It also includes provision of methods by which such keys might be
- associated with a process so that network filesystems, encryption
- support and the like can find them.
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- Furthermore, a special type of key is available that acts as keyring:
- a searchable sequence of keys. Each process is equipped with access
- to five standard keyrings: UID-specific, GID-specific, session,
- process and thread.
-
- If you are unsure as to whether this is required, answer N.
-
-config KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS
- bool "Enable the /proc/keys file by which all keys may be viewed"
- depends on KEYS
- help
- This option turns on support for the /proc/keys file through which
- all the keys on the system can be listed.
-
- This option is a slight security risk in that it makes it possible
- for anyone to see all the keys on the system. Normally the manager
- pretends keys that are inaccessible to a process don't exist as far
- as that process is concerned.
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