1.\" @(#)keyserv.1m 1.21 93/07/14 SMI; from SVr4 2.\"macro stdmacro 3.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T 4.\" @(#)keyserv.8c 1.8 89/03/29 SMI; 5.\" $FreeBSD$ 6.\".TH KEYSERV 8C "9 September 1987" 7.Dd September 14, 1992 8.Dt KEYSERV 8 9.Os 10.Sh NAME 11.Nm keyserv 12.Nd server for storing private encryption keys 13.Sh SYNOPSIS 14.Nm 15.Op Fl d 16.Op Fl D 17.Op Fl n 18.Op Fl p Ar path 19.Op Fl v 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21The 22.Nm 23utility is a daemon that is used for storing the 24private encryption keys of each 25user logged into the system. 26These encryption keys are used for accessing 27secure network services such as secure 28.Tn NFS . 29.Pp 30Normally, root's key is read from the file 31.Pa /etc/.rootkey 32when the daemon is started. 33This is useful during power-fail reboots 34when no one is around to type a password. 35.Pp 36If a client with no secret key calls 37.Nm , 38then the key of user 39.Em nobody 40is used instead as the default key. 41.Pp 42The following options are available: 43.Bl -tag -width indent 44.It Fl d 45Disable the use of default keys for 46.Em nobody . 47.It Fl D 48Run in debugging mode and log all requests to 49.Nm . 50.It Fl n 51Root's secret key is not read from 52.Pa /etc/.rootkey . 53Instead, 54.Nm 55prompts the user for the password to decrypt 56root's key stored in the 57.Pa /etc/publickey 58database and then stores the decrypted key in 59.Pa /etc/.rootkey 60for future use. 61This option is useful if the 62.Pa /etc/.rootkey 63file ever gets out of date or corrupted. 64.It Fl p Ar path 65Specify where to search for 66.Pa libdes.so.3 . 67Default is 68.Pa /usr/lib . 69.It Fl v 70Display status of DES support (enabled/disabled). 71.El 72.Sh FILES 73.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/libdes.so.3 -compact 74.It Pa /etc/.rootkey 75.It Pa /usr/lib/libdes.so.3 76.El 77.Sh "SEE ALSO" 78.Xr keylogin 1 , 79.Xr keylogout 1 , 80.Xr publickey 5 81