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author | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2011-05-20 18:10:04 +0200 |
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committer | Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> | 2011-05-20 18:10:04 +0200 |
commit | 2f3e4af471e38e0658e701973238ae4b5e50fcd6 (patch) | |
tree | fbfc99c0d975e38ff80f4ff3239a9fc0567b8a4d /Documentation | |
parent | Correct occurrences of (diff) | |
parent | Create Documentation/security/, (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'docs-security' into docs-move
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/00-INDEX | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/00-INDEX | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/SELinux.txt (renamed from Documentation/SELinux.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/Smack.txt (renamed from Documentation/Smack.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/apparmor.txt (renamed from Documentation/apparmor.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/credentials.txt (renamed from Documentation/credentials.txt) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt (renamed from Documentation/keys-request-key.txt) | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt (renamed from Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/keys.txt (renamed from Documentation/keys.txt) | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/tomoyo.txt (renamed from Documentation/tomoyo.txt) | 0 |
12 files changed, 29 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX index 1b777b960492..1f89424c36a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX @@ -192,10 +192,6 @@ kernel-docs.txt - listing of various WWW + books that document kernel internals. kernel-parameters.txt - summary listing of command line / boot prompt args for the kernel. -keys-request-key.txt - - description of the kernel key request service. -keys.txt - - description of the kernel key retention service. kobject.txt - info of the kobject infrastructure of the Linux kernel. kprobes.txt @@ -294,6 +290,8 @@ scheduler/ - directory with info on the scheduler. scsi/ - directory with info on Linux scsi support. +security/ + - directory that contains security-related info serial/ - directory with info on the low level serial API. serial-console.txt diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt index b9b4192ea8b5..9c8fd6148656 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt @@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ request-key will find the first matching line and corresponding program. In this case, /some/other/program will handle all uid lookups and /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap will handle gid, user, and group lookups. -See <file:Documentation/keys-request-keys.txt> for more information about the -request-key function. +See <file:Documentation/security/keys-request-keys.txt> for more information +about the request-key function. ========= diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt index 04ca06325b08..7f531ad83285 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt @@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ the key will be discarded and recreated when the data it holds has expired. dns_query() returns a copy of the value attached to the key, or an error if that is indicated instead. -See <file:Documentation/keys-request-key.txt> for further information about -request-key function. +See <file:Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt> for further +information about request-key function. ========= diff --git a/Documentation/security/00-INDEX b/Documentation/security/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..19bc49439cac --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/security/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file. +SELinux.txt + - how to get started with the SELinux security enhancement. +Smack.txt + - documentation on the Smack Linux Security Module. +apparmor.txt + - documentation on the AppArmor security extension. +credentials.txt + - documentation about credentials in Linux. +keys-request-key.txt + - description of the kernel key request service. +keys-trusted-encrypted.txt + - info on the Trusted and Encrypted keys in the kernel key ring service. +keys.txt + - description of the kernel key retention service. +tomoyo.txt + - documentation on the TOMOYO Linux Security Module. diff --git a/Documentation/SELinux.txt b/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt index 07eae00f3314..07eae00f3314 100644 --- a/Documentation/SELinux.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/SELinux.txt diff --git a/Documentation/Smack.txt b/Documentation/security/Smack.txt index e9dab41c0fe0..e9dab41c0fe0 100644 --- a/Documentation/Smack.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/Smack.txt diff --git a/Documentation/apparmor.txt b/Documentation/security/apparmor.txt index 93c1fd7d0635..93c1fd7d0635 100644 --- a/Documentation/apparmor.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/apparmor.txt diff --git a/Documentation/credentials.txt b/Documentation/security/credentials.txt index 995baf379c07..fc0366cbd7ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/credentials.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/credentials.txt @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ The Linux kernel supports the following types of credentials: When a process accesses a key, if not already present, it will normally be cached on one of these keyrings for future accesses to find. - For more information on using keys, see Documentation/keys.txt. + For more information on using keys, see Documentation/security/keys.txt. (5) LSM diff --git a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt b/Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt index 69686ad12c66..51987bfecfed 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys-request-key.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ =================== The key request service is part of the key retention service (refer to -Documentation/keys.txt). This document explains more fully how the requesting -algorithm works. +Documentation/security/keys.txt). This document explains more fully how +the requesting algorithm works. The process starts by either the kernel requesting a service by calling request_key*(): diff --git a/Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt b/Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt index 8fb79bc1ac4b..8fb79bc1ac4b 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys-trusted-encrypted.txt diff --git a/Documentation/keys.txt b/Documentation/security/keys.txt index 6523a9e6f293..4d75931d2d79 100644 --- a/Documentation/keys.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/keys.txt @@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ The main syscalls are: /sbin/request-key will be invoked in an attempt to obtain a key. The callout_info string will be passed as an argument to the program. - See also Documentation/keys-request-key.txt. + See also Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt. The keyctl syscall functions are: @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ payload contents" for more information. If successful, the key will have been attached to the default keyring for implicitly obtained request-key keys, as set by KEYCTL_SET_REQKEY_KEYRING. - See also Documentation/keys-request-key.txt. + See also Documentation/security/keys-request-key.txt. (*) To search for a key, passing auxiliary data to the upcaller, call: diff --git a/Documentation/tomoyo.txt b/Documentation/security/tomoyo.txt index 200a2d37cbc8..200a2d37cbc8 100644 --- a/Documentation/tomoyo.txt +++ b/Documentation/security/tomoyo.txt |