osf1 man page for prpasswdd

prpasswdd(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      prpasswdd(8)

NAME
       prpasswdd - Enhanced security daemon

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/prpasswdd [-lifetime secs] [-reply_lifetime secs] [-depth n] [-debug]

FLAGS
       Enables	request  logging by the auth facility in syslog.  This should only be used for debugging, because the volume of logged data can be
       considerable.  Limits the number of remembered entries kept cached in memory (for speed).  The default  depth  is  unlimited.   Limits  the
       amount  of time (in seconds) that remembered entries are kept cached in memory.	The default lifetime is 1 hour (3600 seconds).	Limits the
       amount of time (in seconds) that client transactions are remembered for fast RPC replies.  The default reply lifetime  is  6  minutes  (360
       seconds), which allows for minimum of 5 minutes built into the client library code before timing out a given transaction request.

DESCRIPTION
       The  enhanced  security	daemon, prpasswdd, manages writes to the protected password authentication database, as well as the other enhanced
       security databases.  It prevents file lock contention among multiple writers.  A strict C2 security policy,  which  is  optionally  config-
       urable using enhanced security, requires each user login or login failure to be recorded in the protected password authentication database.
       These updates, in combination with password changes and system administration functions affecting user accounts,  are  coordinated  by  the
       daemon.

       Clients	communicate  with  the daemon using rpc.  Two daemon processes, a parent and a child, exist on a system running enhanced security.
       The daemon is controlled from /sbin/init.d/prpasswd, which accepts the start, stop, and restart commands.  The active daemon is	the  child
       process, which writes its PID to the /var/run/prpasswdd.pid file.

       The daemon services requests from the localhost address (127.0.0.1), or, for TruCluster Server V5.0 systems, from the default cluster alias
       address.  Requests from other addresses or from non-privileged ports are rejected.

FILES
RELATED INFORMATION
       Commands: login(1), dxaccounts(8), edauth(8), useradd(8)

       Functions: putespwnam(3), putestcnam(3), putesdfnam(3), putesdvnam(3), putesfinam(3)

       Files: authcap(4), default(4), devassign(4), files(4), prpasswd(4), ttys(4) delim off

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