macOS
brew install keyutilslocal Homebrew formula metadata
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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für keyutils in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install keyutilslocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo apk add keyutilsAlpine Linux edge package indexes · keyutils · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install keyutilsDebian stable package indexes · keyutils · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install keyutilsFedora Rawhide package metadata · keyutils · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#keyutilsnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ke/keyutils/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S keyutilsArch Linux sync databases · keyutils · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install keyutilsopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · keyutils · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Linux key management utilities
Verlauf
keyutils is the user-space utility and library package for the Linux kernel key retention service. It provides tools such as keyctl, request-key, and key.dns_resolver, plus libkeyutils for programs that need to call the kernel key-management interfaces.
David Howells created the keyutils package in July 2005, shortly after the Linux key-management facility became a user-visible subsystem. The package grew from command-line control utilities into a split utility, runtime-library, and development-header package with manual pages and request-key integration.
The keyutils spec changelog shows a long maintenance arc tied to kernel capabilities: version 1.0 in November 2005 renamed the library/header to keyutils and introduced library symbol versioning; version 1.3 in February 2010 exposed security-context and parent-session-keyring operations; version 1.5 in March 2011 added KEYCTL_REJECT, KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV, DNS lookup generalization, and more keyctl commands; version 1.6 in November 2018 added public-key operations that required Linux 4.20.
keyutils is packaged broadly because it is glue for Linux authentication, filesystem, DNS, and crypto-adjacent workflows rather than an optional application. The batch metadata records packages in Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE/Zypper ecosystems.
The Linux kernel documentation describes keyrings as a kernel service for caching cryptographic keys, authentication tokens, cross-domain user mappings, and related data for filesystems and kernel services. keyutils is the standard user-space companion for inspecting and operating on that facility.
Administrators and system services use keyctl to add, link, search, read, invalidate, and manage keys and keyrings. request-key is invoked by the kernel-side request-key callback path when a key must be instantiated in user space, and key.dns_resolver supports DNS-related upcalls.
keyutils is a classic small package with outsized system importance: it exposes kernel ABI surfaces, ships a shared library and manual pages, and changes as the Linux key subsystem adds capabilities. It is the kind of package that may be invisible on a workstation until Kerberos, encrypted filesystems, DNS resolver keys, module signing, or request-key upcalls need it.
Sicherheitslage
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
/etc/request-key.conf/etc/request-key.d/*.conf/etc/key.dns_resolver.confExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
key.dns_resolver | cli | globales Executable | |
keyctl | cli | globales Executable | |
request-key | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:keyutils |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.3 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/keyutils |
| Homepage | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git |
| Repository | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git/tree/README |
| Lizenz | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later |
| Quellarchiv | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git/snapshot/keyutils-1.6.3.tar.gz |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | keyutils |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Requirements |
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| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
keyutils 1.6.3-6
Linux Key Management Utilities
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo apt install keyutilslibkeyutils-dev 1.6.3-6
Linux Key Management Utilities (development)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo apt install libkeyutils-devlibkeyutils1 1.6.3-6
Linux Key Management Utilities (library)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo apt install libkeyutils1keyutils
nix profile install nixpkgs#keyutilskeyutils 1.6.3-3build1
Linux Key Management Utilities
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo apt install keyutilslibkeyutils-dev 1.6.3-3build1
Linux Key Management Utilities (development)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo apt install libkeyutils-devlibkeyutils1 1.6.3-3build1
Linux Key Management Utilities (library)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo apt install libkeyutils1keyutils 1.6.3-r4
Linux Key Management Utilities
https://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/
sudo apk add keyutilskeyutils-dev 1.6.3-r4
Linux Key Management Utilities (development files)
https://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/
sudo apk add keyutils-devkeyutils-doc 1.6.3-r4
Linux Key Management Utilities (documentation)
https://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/
sudo apk add keyutils-dockeyutils-libs 1.6.3-r4
Key utilities library
https://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/
sudo apk add keyutils-libskeyutils 1.6.3-7.fc44
Linux Key Management Utilities
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo dnf install keyutilskeyutils-libs 1.6.3-7.fc44
Key utilities library
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo dnf install keyutils-libskeyutils-libs-devel 1.6.3-7.fc44
Development package for building Linux key management utilities
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git
sudo dnf install keyutils-libs-develkeyutils 1.6.3-4
Linux Key Management Utilities
sudo pacman -S keyutilskeyutils 1.6.3-7.7
Linux Key Management Utilities
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/keyutils.git/
sudo zypper install keyutilsQuellspur
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