debian man page for pkcsslotd

Query: pkcsslotd

OS: debian

Section: 8

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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)
Related Man Pages
opencryptoki(7) - centos
opencryptoki.conf(5) - centos
pkcsslotd_selinux(8) - centos
pkcsconf(1) - debian
pkcsconf(1) - centos
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