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diff --git a/static/inferno/man8/logind.8 b/static/inferno/man8/logind.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bb914be0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/inferno/man8/logind.8 @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.TH LOGIND 8 +.SH NAME +logind \- login daemon +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B auth/logind +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Logind +is normally started by +.IR svc (8) +to service requests on the +.B 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. +.PP +The signer constructs the certificate from the contents +of the signer's key file +.BR /keydb/signerkey , +typically created by +.IR createsignerkey (8), +and +the ID string and password supplied by the client (which are used to access +.IR keyfs (4) +to check identity). +.PP +The protocol involves an exchange of information between the client and server, +as summarised in +.IR login (6). +The client side of this exchange can be managed by the +.B Login +module; see +.IR security-login (2). +.PP +Client and server communicate over the Secure Socket Layer device +.IR ssl (3). +.SH FILES +.TF /keydb/signerkey +.TP +.B /keydb/keys +.TP +.B /keydb/signerkey +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/auth/logind.b +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR security-login (2), +.IR ssl (3), +.IR keyfs (4), +.IR keys (6), +.IR changelogin (8), +.IR createsignerkey (8), +.IR svc (8) |