keyserv(1M)           Maintenance Commands            keyserv(1M)



NAME
     keyserv - server for storing private encryption keys

SYNOPSIS
     keyserv [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -n ]

AVAILABILITY
     SUNWcsu

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  ser-
     vices such as secure NFS and 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 use-
               ful  if  the  /etc/.rootkey  file ever gets out of
               date or corrupted.

FILES
     /etc/.rootkey

SEE ALSO
     keylogin(1), keylogout(1), publickey(4)


SunOS 5.4           Last change: 14 Sep 1992