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Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:09:41 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, az@bond.edu.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Keys: Permit key expiry time to be set
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David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>  The attached patch adds a new keyctl function that allows the expiry time to
>  be set on a key or removed from a key, provided the caller has attribute
>  modification access.

There is no need for the ability to query a key's timeout setting?