NAME
keyserv — server for storing private encryption keys
SYNOPSIS
keyserv
[
-d
] [
-D
] [
-n
]
DESCRIPTION
keyserv
is a daemon that is used for storing the
private encryption keys of each
user logged into the system.
These encryption keys are used for accessing
secure network services such as NIS+.
Normally, root's key is read from the file
/etc/.rootkey
when the daemon is started.
This is useful during power-fail reboots
when no one is around to type a password.
Options
- -d
Disable the use of default keys for
nobody.
- -D
Run in debugging mode and log all requests to
keyserv.
- -n
Root's secret key is not read from
/etc/.rootkey.
Instead,
keyserv
prompts the user for the password to decrypt
root's key stored in the
publickey
database and then stores the decrypted key in
/etc/.rootkey
for future use.
This option is useful if the
/etc/.rootkey
file ever gets out of date or corrupted.
AUTHOR
keyserv
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
