PKCSSLOTD(8)							   openCryptoki 						      PKCSSLOTD(8)

NAME

       pkcsslotd - shared memory manager for opencryptoki

DESCRIPTION

       The  pkcsslotd daemon manages PKCS#11 objects between PKCS#11-enabled applications. When 2 or more processes are accessing the same crypto-
       graphic token, the daemon is notified and updates each application when the token's objects change.

NOTES

       Only one instance of the pkcsslotd daemon should be running on any given host. If a prior instance of pkcsslotd did not shut down  cleanly,
       then  it  may  leave an allocated shared memory segment on the system. The allocated memory segment can be identified by its key and can be
       safely removed once the daemon is stopped with the ipcrm command, such as:

       ipcrm -M 0x6202AB38

       In order to prevent a denial of service against the daemon, the shared memory segment is created  with  group  ownership  by  the  "pkcs11"
       group. Any application that requires access to a pkcs11 token must be run by a user who's a member of the "pkcs11" group.

SEE ALSO

       opencryptoki(7),
       pkcsconf(1),
       pk_config_data(5),
       pkcs11_startup(1).

2.3.1								     May 2007							      PKCSSLOTD(8)