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Investigate linux kernel keyutils #2

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wolfv opened this issue Mar 2, 2022 · 1 comment
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Investigate linux kernel keyutils #2

wolfv opened this issue Mar 2, 2022 · 1 comment

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wolfv commented Mar 2, 2022

Could this be useful when libsecret isn't around?

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/add_key.2.html
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I looked into this and wouldn't recommend using keyutils.
keyutils discards (garbage collects) all stored secrets when the last instace of the UID is removed.
Even the persistent_keyrings are discarted after a maximum of three days.

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