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	      The keyring specified had been revoked.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(3),
       request-key(8)



Linux				  4 May 2006		       KEYCTL_CLEAR(3)