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BKeyStore Class Reference

The BKeyStore lets you query, retrieve and store keys in the system's key store. More...

Public Member Functions

 BKeyStore ()
 Create a new BKeyStore object that you can use to query, retrieve and store keys in the system's key store.
 
virtual ~BKeyStore ()
 Free all resources.
 
Key Management
status_t GetKey (BKeyType type, const char *identifier, BKey &key)
 Query the Master keyring for for specific key.
 
status_t GetKey (BKeyType type, const char *identifier, const char *secondaryIdentifier, BKey &key)
 Query the Master keyring for for specific key.
 
status_t GetKey (BKeyType type, const char *identifier, const char *secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey &key)
 Query the Master keyring for for specific key.
 
status_t GetKey (const char *keyring, BKeyType type, const char *identifier, BKey &key)
 Query a certain keyring for for specific key.
 
status_t GetKey (const char *keyring, BKeyType type, const char *identifier, const char *secondaryIdentifier, BKey &key)
 Query a certain keyring for for specific key.
 
status_t GetKey (const char *keyring, BKeyType type, const char *identifier, const char *secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey &key)
 Query a certain keyring for for specific key.
 
status_t AddKey (const BKey &key)
 Add a key to the Master keyring.
 
status_t AddKey (const char *keyring, const BKey &key)
 Add a key to a keyring.
 
status_t RemoveKey (const BKey &key)
 Remove a key from the Master keyring.
 
status_t RemoveKey (const char *keyring, const BKey &key)
 Remove a key from a keyring.
 
status_t GetNextKey (uint32 &cookie, BKey &key)
 Iterate through the keys of the Master keyring.
 
status_t GetNextKey (BKeyType type, BKeyPurpose purpose, uint32 &cookie, BKey &key)
 Iterate through the keys of the Master keyring.
 
status_t GetNextKey (const char *keyring, uint32 &cookie, BKey &key)
 Iterate through the keys of a keyring.
 
status_t GetNextKey (const char *keyring, BKeyType type, BKeyPurpose purpose, uint32 &cookie, BKey &key)
 Iterate through keys of a keyring.
 
Keyrings
status_t AddKeyring (const char *keyring)
 Create a new keyring.
 
status_t RemoveKeyring (const char *keyring)
 Remove a keyring.
 
status_t GetNextKeyring (uint32 &cookie, BString &keyring)
 Iterate through the keyrings.
 
status_t SetUnlockKey (const char *keyring, const BKey &key)
 Not implemented.
 
status_t RemoveUnlockKey (const char *keyring)
 Not implemented.
 
Master keyring (future API)
status_t SetMasterUnlockKey (const BKey &key)
 Not implemented.
 
status_t RemoveMasterUnlockKey ()
 Not implemented.
 
status_t AddKeyringToMaster (const char *keyring)
 Not implemented.
 
status_t RemoveKeyringFromMaster (const char *keyring)
 Not implemented.
 
status_t GetNextMasterKeyring (uint32 &cookie, BString &keyring)
 Not implemented.
 
Locking (future API)

In the future, locking is part of encrypting and decrypting keyrings.

Note
If you are looking at this section because you assume you need to check that users have the correct permissions, you are in the wrong place. There is no particular way to determine whether a user has access granted. Instead, each method of this API will return the error code B_NOT_ALLOWED if the user has not granted access. Use that in your control flow to determine if you have access.
bool IsKeyringUnlocked (const char *keyring)
 Not implemented.
 
status_t LockKeyring (const char *keyring)
 Not implemented.
 
status_t LockMasterKeyring ()
 Not implemented.
 
Applications
status_t GetNextApplication (uint32 &cookie, BString &signature) const
 Iterate through applications that currently have been granted access to the Master keyring.
 
status_t GetNextApplication (const char *keyring, uint32 &cookie, BString &signature) const
 Iterate through applications that currently have been granted access to the specified keyring.
 
status_t RemoveApplication (const char *signature)
 Remove access for an application to the Master keyring.
 
status_t RemoveApplication (const char *keyring, const char *signature)
 Remove access for an application to a keyring.
 
Service Functions (future API)

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

status_t GeneratePassword (BPasswordKey &password, size_t length, uint32 flags)
 Unimplemented.
 
float PasswordStrength (const char *password)
 Unimplemented.
 

Detailed Description

The BKeyStore lets you query, retrieve and store keys in the system's key store.

Instances of this object give you an easy API to interact with the system's keystore_server. This is the central service that manages storing and retrieving keys, as well as managing the authorizations that a user grants to individual applications.

It is important to note that all calls on this object operate synchronously. This means that it should not be used during the event loop of a visible BWindow, as this may cause drawing and interaction issues.

All operations are performed in the context of a keyring. All systems have at least the Master keyring. Many of the methods take the name of the keyring as its first argument. Most of the methods in this class have an overloaded variant that operate on the Master keyring. If you want to access this keyring through the normal methods, pass an empty string as the identifier to the method.

See the overview to the Password and Key Storage API for an introduction to the API.

Since
Haiku R1

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ BKeyStore()

BKeyStore::BKeyStore ( )

Create a new BKeyStore object that you can use to query, retrieve and store keys in the system's key store.

This is a cheap object to make, as it has no data associated with it. The recommended use is to create an instance on the stack whenever you want to interact with the API.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ ~BKeyStore()

BKeyStore::~BKeyStore ( )
virtual

Free all resources.

Since
Haiku R1

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddKey() [1/2]

status_t BKeyStore::AddKey ( const BKey key)

Add a key to the Master keyring.

This is a convenience method that calls AddKey(const char *, const BKey&) for the Master keyring.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ AddKey() [2/2]

status_t BKeyStore::AddKey ( const char *  keyring,
const BKey key 
)

Add a key to a keyring.

This method will send the key to the keystore_server and request it to be stored in the database.

A key needs to have a unique primary and secondary identifier within the Master keyring.

Parameters
keyringA string that identifies the keyring you want to add the key to.
keyThe key you want to add.
Returns
  • B_OK in case the key was succesfully added.
  • B_BAD_VALUE in case the keyring does not exist.
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED in case the user did not grant you access right to this keyring.
  • B_NAME_IN_USE in case there already is another key with the same primary and secondary identifiers.
  • Any other error that indicates that there was a problem communicating with the keystore_server.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ AddKeyring()

status_t BKeyStore::AddKeyring ( const char *  keyring)

Create a new keyring.

Parameters
keyringAn UTF-8 string that identifies the keyring you want to create.
Returns
  • B_OK if the keyring was succesfully added.
  • B_NAME_IN_USE if the keyring already exists.
  • Any other error in case there was an unknown error in the keystore_server, or while communicating to it.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ AddKeyringToMaster()

status_t BKeyStore::AddKeyringToMaster ( const char *  keyring)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

See also
AddKeyring(const char* keyring)

◆ GeneratePassword()

status_t BKeyStore::GeneratePassword ( BPasswordKey password,
size_t  length,
uint32  flags 
)

Unimplemented.

This method is currently not implemented.

◆ GetKey() [1/6]

status_t BKeyStore::GetKey ( BKeyType  type,
const char *  identifier,
BKey key 
)

Query the Master keyring for for specific key.

This is a convenience method that calls GetKey(const char* keyring, BKeyType type, const char* identifier, const char* secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey& key).

It works on the Master keyring, and assumes an empty secondaryIdentifier, secondaryIdentifierOptional set to false.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetKey() [2/6]

status_t BKeyStore::GetKey ( BKeyType  type,
const char *  identifier,
const char *  secondaryIdentifier,
BKey key 
)

Query the Master keyring for for specific key.

This is a convenience method that calls GetKey(const char* keyring, BKeyType type, const char* identifier, const char* secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey& key).

It works on the Master keyring, it sets secondaryIdentifierOptional to false, meaning it both identifiers are required to match.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetKey() [3/6]

status_t BKeyStore::GetKey ( BKeyType  type,
const char *  identifier,
const char *  secondaryIdentifier,
bool  secondaryIdentifierOptional,
BKey key 
)

Query the Master keyring for for specific key.

This is a convenience method that calls GetKey(const char* keyring, BKeyType type, const char* identifier, const char* secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey& key).

It works on the Master keyring.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetKey() [4/6]

status_t BKeyStore::GetKey ( const char *  keyring,
BKeyType  type,
const char *  identifier,
BKey key 
)

Query a certain keyring for for specific key.

This is a convenience method that calls GetKey(const char* keyring, BKeyType type, const char* identifier, const char* secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey& key).

The call assumes an empty secondaryIdentifier, and sets secondaryIdentifierOptional to false.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetKey() [5/6]

status_t BKeyStore::GetKey ( const char *  keyring,
BKeyType  type,
const char *  identifier,
const char *  secondaryIdentifier,
BKey key 
)

Query a certain keyring for for specific key.

This is a convenience method that calls GetKey(const char* keyring, BKeyType type, const char* identifier, const char* secondaryIdentifier, bool secondaryIdentifierOptional, BKey& key).

It sets secondaryIdentifierOptional to false, meaning it both identifiers are required to match.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetKey() [6/6]

status_t BKeyStore::GetKey ( const char *  keyring,
BKeyType  type,
const char *  identifier,
const char *  secondaryIdentifier,
bool  secondaryIdentifierOptional,
BKey key 
)

Query a certain keyring for for specific key.

This variation of the query function is useful when you know that a key has a secondary identifier, but you may not know it, or care about what it is.

Parameters
[in]keyringA string that identifies the keyring get the key from.
[in]typeThe type of key to match. The type parameter is currently ignored and therefore does not need to match the actual type of the key that is stored.
[in]identifierThe string with the primary identifier of the key that you are looking for.
[in]secondaryIdentifierThe string with the secondary identifier of the key that you are looking for.
[in]secondaryIdentifierOptionalUse this query parameter to indicate if the secondary identifier has to match. When set to false, a result will be returned, even if the secondaryIdentifier does not match.
[out]keyA BKey object to copy the found data to. Any existing data in the key will be overwritten in case there is a match.
Returns
  • B_OK in case the key was found and stored in key.
  • B_BAD_VALUE in case the keyring does not exist.
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED in case the user did not grant you access right to this keyring.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND in case there is no key that matches the given identifier(s).
  • Any other error that indicates that there was a problem communicating with the keystore_server.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextApplication() [1/2]

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextApplication ( const char *  keyring,
uint32 cookie,
BString signature 
) const

Iterate through applications that currently have been granted access to the specified keyring.

This method allows you to iterate through all applications that the user has granted access to the keyring, whether it is temporarily, or on a more permanent basis.

Parameters
[in]keyringA UTF-8 string that identifies the keyring that you want to inspect granted access to.
[out]cookieA cookie that the keystore_server uses to keep track of where you are in the list of keys. When you start the query, set the initial value to 0. After that, pass the cookie to each subsequent call to progress the iterator.
[out]signatureIf a next application is found, the signature will be stored in this parameter. Any existing string will be overwritten.
Returns
  • B_OK if the next signature was found succesfully.
  • B_BAD_VALUE if the keyring does not exist.
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED in case the user did not grant you access right to this keyring.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND if there are no more applications to iterate through.
  • Any other error in case there was an unknown error in the keystore_server, or while communicating to it.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextApplication() [2/2]

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextApplication ( uint32 cookie,
BString signature 
) const

Iterate through applications that currently have been granted access to the Master keyring.

This is a convenience method that calls GetNextApplication(const char* keyring, uint32& cookie, BString& signature) for the Master keyring.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextKey() [1/4]

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextKey ( BKeyType  type,
BKeyPurpose  purpose,
uint32 cookie,
BKey key 
)

Iterate through the keys of the Master keyring.

This convenience method calls GetNextKey(const char*, BKeyType, BKeyPurpose, uint32&, BKey&) for the Master keyring.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextKey() [2/4]

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextKey ( const char *  keyring,
BKeyType  type,
BKeyPurpose  purpose,
uint32 cookie,
BKey key 
)

Iterate through keys of a keyring.

This method allows you to query through the key store, and iterate through a list of results of keys that match your query.

Parameters
[in]keyringAn UTF-8 string that identifies the keyring
[in]typeThe BKeyType that identifies the type of key you are looking for. This may be BKeyType::B_KEY_TYPE_ANY if it may be a key of any type.
[in]purposeThe BKeyPurpose that indicates the purpose of the key. This may be BKeyPurpose::B_KEY_PURPOSE_ANY if it may be a key with any purpose.
[out]cookieA cookie that the keystore_server uses to keep track of where you are in the list of keys. When you start the query, set the initial value to 0. After that, pass the cookie to each subsequent call to progress the iterator.
[out]keyThe key that holds the data. Any existing data in the key will be overwritten, when a key is found that matches the criteria.
Returns
  • B_OK in case the next key was found.
  • B_BAD_VALUE in case the keyring does not exist.
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED in case the user did not grant you access right to this keyring.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND in case there is no key that matches the given identifier(s), or if you retrieved the last key.
  • Any other error that indicates that there was a problem communicating with the keystore_server.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextKey() [3/4]

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextKey ( const char *  keyring,
uint32 cookie,
BKey key 
)

Iterate through the keys of a keyring.

This convenience method calls GetNextKey(const char*, BKeyType, BKeyPurpose, uint32&, BKey&) with the arguments BKeyType::B_KEY_TYPE_ANY for the type and BKeyPurpose::B_KEY_PURPOSE_ANY for the purpose.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextKey() [4/4]

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextKey ( uint32 cookie,
BKey key 
)

Iterate through the keys of the Master keyring.

This convenience method that calls GetNextKey(const char*, BKeyType, BKeyPurpose, uint32&, BKey&) for the Master keyring, with the arguments BKeyType::B_KEY_TYPE_ANY for the type and BKeyPurpose::B_KEY_PURPOSE_ANY for the purpose.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextKeyring()

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextKeyring ( uint32 cookie,
BString keyring 
)

Iterate through the keyrings.

Parameters
[out]cookieA cookie that the keystore_server uses to keep track of where you are in the list of keyrings. When you start the query, set the initial value to 0. After that, pass the cookie to each subsequent call to progress the iterator.
[out]keyringA BString that holds the current name of the keyring. For each succesful iteration, the existing contents is overwritten.
Returns
  • B_OK if the iteration was succesful.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND if there are no more keyrings left to iterate
  • Any other error in case there was an unknown error in the keystore_server, or while communicating to it.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ GetNextMasterKeyring()

status_t BKeyStore::GetNextMasterKeyring ( uint32 cookie,
BString keyring 
)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

See also
GetNextKeyring(uint32& cookie, BString& keyring)

◆ IsKeyringUnlocked()

bool BKeyStore::IsKeyringUnlocked ( const char *  keyring)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

◆ LockKeyring()

status_t BKeyStore::LockKeyring ( const char *  keyring)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

◆ LockMasterKeyring()

status_t BKeyStore::LockMasterKeyring ( )

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

◆ PasswordStrength()

float BKeyStore::PasswordStrength ( const char *  password)

Unimplemented.

This method is currently not implemented

◆ RemoveApplication() [1/2]

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveApplication ( const char *  keyring,
const char *  signature 
)

Remove access for an application to a keyring.

Parameters
keyringA UTF-8 string that identifies the keyring that you want to inspect granted access to.
signatureThe signature of the application that you want to revoke permissions to access the keyring.
Returns
  • B_OK if the application's access has been revoked.
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED in case the user did not grant you access right to this keyring.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND if the application did not have access to this keyring.
  • Any other error in case there was an unknown error in the keystore_server, or while communicating to it.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ RemoveApplication() [2/2]

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveApplication ( const char *  signature)

Remove access for an application to the Master keyring.

This is a convenience method that calls RemoveApplication(const char *, const char*) for the Master keyring.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ RemoveKey() [1/2]

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveKey ( const BKey key)

Remove a key from the Master keyring.

This is a convenience method that calls RemoveKey(const char *, const BKey&) for the Master keyring.

Since
Haiku R1

◆ RemoveKey() [2/2]

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveKey ( const char *  keyring,
const BKey key 
)

Remove a key from a keyring.

This method will remove a key from a keyring. The key needs to match exactly with the key that is in the database of keystore_server. The easiest way to guarantee this, is to use the exact key you find using GetKey() without making any alterations.

Parameters
keyringA string that identifies the keyring you want to remove the key from.
keyThe key you want to remove.
Returns
  • B_OK in case the key was succesfully removed.
  • B_BAD_VALUE in case the keyring does not exist.
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED in case the user did not grant you access right to this keyring.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND in case there is no key that matches the given identifier(s).
  • Any other error that indicates that there was a problem communicating with the keystore_server.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ RemoveKeyring()

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveKeyring ( const char *  keyring)

Remove a keyring.

Parameters
keyringAn UTF-8 string that identifies the keyring you want to remove.
Returns
  • B_OK if the keyring was sucessfully removed.
  • B_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND if the keyring does not exist
  • B_NOT_ALLOWED when you try to remove the Master keyring.
  • Any other error in case there was an unknown error in the keystore_server, or while communicating to it.
Since
Haiku R1

◆ RemoveKeyringFromMaster()

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveKeyringFromMaster ( const char *  keyring)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

See also
RemoveKeyring(const char* keyring)

◆ RemoveMasterUnlockKey()

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveMasterUnlockKey ( )

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

◆ RemoveUnlockKey()

status_t BKeyStore::RemoveUnlockKey ( const char *  keyring)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

◆ SetMasterUnlockKey()

status_t BKeyStore::SetMasterUnlockKey ( const BKey key)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.

◆ SetUnlockKey()

status_t BKeyStore::SetUnlockKey ( const char *  keyring,
const BKey key 
)

Not implemented.

This feature is not available in the current release of Haiku.