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SETKEY(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual SETKEY(3P)

PROLOG top

   This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   setkey — set encoding key (**CRYPT**)

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <stdlib.h>

   void setkey(const char *_key_);

DESCRIPTION top

   The _setkey_() function provides access to an implementation-defined
   encoding algorithm. The argument of _setkey_() is an array of length
   64 bytes containing only the bytes with numerical value of 0 and
   1. If this string is divided into groups of 8, the low-order bit
   in each group is ignored; this gives a 56-bit key which is used by
   the algorithm. This is the key that shall be used with the
   algorithm to encode a string _block_ passed to _encrypt_().

   The _setkey_() function shall not change the setting of _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ if
   successful. An application wishing to check for error situations
   should set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to 0 before calling _setkey_().  If _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ is non-
   zero on return, an error has occurred.

   The _setkey_() function need not be thread-safe.

RETURN VALUE top

   No values are returned.

ERRORS top

   The _setkey_() function shall fail if:

   **ENOSYS** The functionality is not supported on this implementation.

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   Decoding need not be implemented in all environments. This is
   related to government restrictions in some countries on encryption
   and decryption routines. Historical practice has been to ship a
   different version of the encryption library without the decryption
   feature in the routines supplied. Thus the exported version of
   _encrypt_() does encoding but not decoding.

RATIONALE top

   None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   A future version of the standard may mark this interface as
   obsolete or remove it altogether.

SEE ALSO top

   [crypt(3p)](../man3/crypt.3p.html), [encrypt(3p)](../man3/encrypt.3p.html)

   The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [stdlib.h(0p)](../man0/stdlib.h.0p.html)
   Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
   Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
   this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
   the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
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Pages that refer to this page:stdlib.h(0p), crypt(3p), encrypt(3p)