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.TH KEYSET 2.SH NAMEkeyset \- find authentication keys matching a signer.SH SYNOPSIS.EXinclude "keyset.m";keyset := load Keyset Keyset->PATH; init:      fn(): string;keysforsigner: fn(signername: string, spkthumb: string,                  user: string, dir: string):                  (list of (string, string, string), string);pkhash:    fn(pk: string): string;.EE.SH DESCRIPTION.B Keysetlooks through a set of certified public keysto find one or more keys that have were certified by a given signer..PP.B Initmust be called before any other function in the module.It returns nil on success or a diagnostic string on failure..PP.B Keysforsignerlooks for public keys that satisfy given conditions:.I signernameis either the name of a signer or nil (don't care);.I spkthumbis either a thumbprint of the signer's public key (as produced by.BR pkhash ,below), or nil (don't care)..I Useris the name of the user that owns the set of keys; if it is nil,the user's name is read from.BR /dev/user ..I Diris the name of the directory holding a collection of the.IR user 'ssigned keys as obtained for instance using.IR getauthinfo (8);if it is nil, the directory.BI /usr/ user /keyringis used by default.Only signed (certified) unexpired keys are considered..B Keysforsignerreturns a tuple.BI ( keys , err )..I Keysis list of tuples.BI ( keyfile\fB,\fP\ owner\fB,\fP\ signername )where.I keyfileis the full name of a file in.I dirthat holds an apparently suitable key;.I owneris the name of the key's owner; and.I signernameis the name of the signer in the certificate attached to the key.The list is nil if no keys could be found that matched the criteria.On an error,.I erris non-nil and gives a diagnostic..PP.B Pkhashreturns the hexadecimal representation of the SHA-1 hash of public key.IR pk ,which must be in the canonical textual form produced by.B Keyring->pktostr(see.IR keyring-certtostr (2))..SH SOURCE.B /appl/lib/keyset.b.SH SEE ALSO.IR bind (1),.IR keyring-gensk (2),.IR keyring-sha1 (2),.IR security-auth (2),.IR logind (8)