LOGIND(8) LOGIND(8)
NAME
logind - login daemon
SYNOPSIS
lib/logind
DESCRIPTION
Logind is normally started by srv(8) to service requests on
the inflogin TCP/IP port, to provide a `signing' service
(identity authentication) for a network. Ultimately, the
client receives a certificate that can be used to establish
its identity with any host that is willing to honour cer-
tificates from the certificate's signer.
The signer constructs the certificate from the contents of
the signer's key file /keydb/signerkey, typically created by
createsignerkey(8), and the ID string and password supplied
by the client (which are used to access /keydb/password via
the Password module described in security-password(2)).
The protocol involves an exchange of information between the
client and server. The client side of this exchange can be
managed by the Login module; see security-login(2).
Client and server communicate over the Secure Socket Layer
device ssl(3).
FILES
/keydb/signerkey
/keydb/password
SOURCE
/appl/lib/logind.b
SEE ALSO
security-login(2), ssl(3), changelogin(8),
createsignerkey(8), srv(8)