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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference
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Solaris™ 8 System Administrator's Reference

by Janice Winsor
September 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
1312 pages
33h 47m
English
Pearson
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keyserv Server for Storing Private Encryption Keys

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/keyserv [-c][-d][-D][-n][-s sizespec]

Description

The keyserv daemon is used for storing the private encryption keys of each user logged in to the system. These encryption keys are used for accessing secure network services such as secure NFS and NIS+.

Normally, root's key is read from the file /etc/.rootkey when the daemon is started. This behavior is useful during power-fail reboots when no one is around to type a password.

Options

-c Do not use disk caches. This option overrides any -s option.
-d Disable the use of default keys for nobody.
-D Run in debugging mode and log all requests to keyserv.
-n Do not read root's secret key from /etc/.rootkey. Instead, prompt for ...
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