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3.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
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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 DEPRECATION NOTICE
20.Nm
21is deprecated and is not available as of
22.Fx 15.0.
23.Sh DESCRIPTION
24The
25.Nm
26utility is a daemon that is used for storing the
27private encryption keys of each
28user logged into the system.
29These encryption keys are used for accessing
30secure network services such as secure
31.Tn NFS .
32.Pp
33Normally, root's key is read from the file
34.Pa /etc/.rootkey
35when the daemon is started.
36This is useful during power-fail reboots
37when no one is around to type a password.
38.Pp
39If a client with no secret key calls
40.Nm ,
41then the key of user
42.Em nobody
43is used instead as the default key.
44.Pp
45The following options are available:
46.Bl -tag -width indent
47.It Fl d
48Disable the use of default keys for
49.Em nobody .
50.It Fl D
51Run in debugging mode and log all requests to
52.Nm .
53.It Fl n
54Root's secret key is not read from
55.Pa /etc/.rootkey .
56Instead,
57.Nm
58prompts the user for the password to decrypt
59root's key stored in the
60.Pa /etc/publickey
61database and then stores the decrypted key in
62.Pa /etc/.rootkey
63for future use.
64This option is useful if the
65.Pa /etc/.rootkey
66file ever gets out of date or corrupted.
67.It Fl p Ar path
68Specify where to search for
69.Pa libdes.so.3 .
70Default is
71.Pa /usr/lib .
72.It Fl v
73Display status of DES support (enabled/disabled).
74.El
75.Sh FILES
76.Bl -tag -width /usr/lib/libdes.so.3 -compact
77.It Pa /etc/.rootkey
78.It Pa /usr/lib/libdes.so.3
79.El
80.Sh "SEE ALSO"
81.Xr keylogin 1 ,
82.Xr keylogout 1 ,
83.Xr publickey 5
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