KEYSERV(1M)         RISC/os Reference Manual          KEYSERV(1M)



NAME
     keyserv - server for storing public and private keys

SYNOPSIS
     keyserv [ -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 using for accessing secure network ser-
     vices such as secure NFS. When a user logs in to the system,
     the login(1) program uses the login password to decrypt the
     user's encryption key stored in the Network Information Ser-
     vice, and then gives the decrypted key to the keyserv daemon
     to store away.

     Normally, root's key is read from the file /etc/.rootkey
     when the daemon starts up. This is useful during power-fail
     reboots when no one is around to type a password, yet you
     still want the secure network services to operate normally.

OPTIONS
     -n   Do not read root's key from /etc/.rootkey.  Instead,
          prompt the user for the password to decrypt root 's key
          stored in the Network Information Service and then
          store 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          ever gets out of date or corrupted.

FILES
     /etc/.rootkey

SEE ALSO
     login(1) in the User's Reference Manual.
     publickey(4) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.

ORIGIN
     Sun Microsystems, NFS 4.0.

















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