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key in 58.Pa /etc/.rootkey 59for future use. 60This option is useful if the 61.Pa /etc/.rootkey 62file ever gets out of date or corrupted. 63.It Fl p Ar path 64Specify where to search for 65.Pa libdes.so.3 . 66Default is 67.Pa /usr/lib . 68.It Fl v 69Display status of DES support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