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NAME
       dacsinfocard - manage InfoCard accounts

SYNOPSIS
       dacsinfocard [dacsoptions[1]]

DESCRIPTION
       This program is part of the DACS suite.

       The dacsinfocard command manages accounts that are used by the local_infocard_authenticate[2] authentication module. This utility serves a
       similar purpose for these authentication modules that the dacspasswd(1)[3] command does for its local_passwd_authenticate[4] module.

       Apart from their use by local_infocard_authenticate, these accounts are completely separate from any other accounts.

	   Security
	   The digest algorithm used depends on the INFOCARD_DIGEST[5] directive in effect.

	   Plaintext PPIDs are not stored. This makes it more difficult for an attacker that gains access to the InfoCard account file to discover
	   PPIDs.

	   Only a DACS administrator should be able to successfully run this program from the command line. Because DACS keys and configuration
	   files, including the file used to store accounts, must be restricted to an administrator, this will normally be the case, but a careful
	   administrator will set file permissions to deny access to all other users. An ordinary user is able to change his own InfoCard
	   registration using the dacs_infocard(8)[6] web service.

       This program is also available as a DACS web service, dacs_infocard(8)[6].

OPTIONS
       The dacsinfocard command recognizes these command line flags:

EXAMPLES
       To list all of the InfoCard accounts configured for the jurisdiction named INFOCARDS:

	   % dacsinfocard -uj INFOCARDS -list
	   DSS::INFOCARDS:bob managed,istatic,enabled,passwd
	   DSS::INFOCARDS:alice managed,istatic,disabled,passwd

       To re-enable the alice account:

	   % dacsinfocard -uj INFOCARDS -ena alice

       To test if alice's account is enabled:

	   % dacsinfocard -uj INFOCARDS -test ena alice
	   % echo $status
	   0

       To test if there are accounts for usernames bob and carol:

	   % dacsinfocard -uj INFOCARDS -test exists carol
	   % echo $status
	   0
	   % dacsinfocard -uj INFOCARDS -test exists bob
	   % echo $status
	   1

       To get the private data for username bob:

	   % set x=`dacsinfocard -uj INFOCARDS -pdg bob`
	   % echo "$x"
	   On vacation

DIAGNOSTICS
       The program exits 0 if everything was fine, and non-zero otherwise. A "false" outcome from the -test operation is reflected by an exit
       status of 1. An error condition is indicated by an exit status of 2.

BUGS
       As this is a relatively new and complicated feature, please test carefully.

SEE ALSO
       dacs_infocard(8)[6], dacsauth(1)[7], dacs_authenticate(8)[8], dacs_admin(8)[9], dacs.conf(5)[10], Using InfoCards With DACS[11]

AUTHOR
       Distributed Systems Software (www.dss.ca[12])

COPYING
       Copyright2003-2012 Distributed Systems Software. See the LICENSE[13] file that accompanies the distribution for licensing information.

NOTES
	1. dacsoptions
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.1.html#dacsoptions

	2. local_infocard_authenticate
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_authenticate.8.html#local_infocard_authenticate

	3. dacspasswd(1)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacspasswd.1.html

	4. local_passwd_authenticate
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_authenticate.8.html#local_passwd_authenticate

	5. INFOCARD_DIGEST
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.conf.5.html#INFOCARD_DIGEST

	6. dacs_infocard(8)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_infocard.8.html

	7. dacsauth(1)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacsauth.1.html

	8. dacs_authenticate(8)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_authenticate.8.html

	9. dacs_admin(8)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs_admin.8.html

       10. dacs.conf(5)
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/dacs.conf.5.html

       11. Using InfoCards With DACS
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/using-infocards-with-dacs.html

       12. www.dss.ca
	   http://www.dss.ca

       13. LICENSE
	   http://dacs.dss.ca/man/../misc/LICENSE

DACS 1.4.27b							    10/22/2012							   DACSINFOCARD(1)