HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

keyserv(1M) keyserv(1M)

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 sys-

tem. 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ﬁle ever gets out of date or corrupted.

FILES

/etc/.rootkey

AUTHOR

keyserv was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.