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 certificates from the certificate’s signer. 

The signer constructs the certificate from the contents of the signer’s key file /keydb/signerkey 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

changelogin(8), security-login(2), ssl(3), srv(8)

Plan 9  —  June 07, 2000