.TH PKCSSLOTD 8 "May 2007" "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" "openCryptoki"

.SH NAME

pkcsslotd - shared memory manager for opencryptoki

.SH DESCRIPTION

The \fBpkcsslotd\fP daemon manages PKCS#11 objects between

PKCS#11-enabled applications. When 2 or more processes are accessing

the same cryptographic token, the daemon is notified and updates

each application when the token's objects change.

.SH 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:

\fIipcrm -M 0x6202AB38\fP

The daemon creates the shared memory segment with group ownership by the

\fIpkcs11\fP group. All non-root users that should be able to use

openCryptoki need to be members of the group. Only trusted users should be

assigned to the group, see the "SECURITY NOTE" in the \fBopencryptoki\fP(7)

manual page for details.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PD 0

.TP

\fBopencryptoki\fP(7),

.TP

\fBopencryptoki.conf\fP(5),

.TP

\fBpkcsconf\fP(1),

.PD