.TH LOGIND 8.SH NAMElogind \- login daemon.SH SYNOPSIS.B auth/logind.SH DESCRIPTION.I Logindis normally started by.IR svc (8)to service requests on the.B infloginTCP/IP port,to provide a `signing' service (identity authentication) for a network.Ultimately, the client receives a certificate that can be used to establish its identitywith any host that is willing to honour certificates from the certificate's signer..PPThe signer constructs the certificate from the contentsof the signer's key file.BR /keydb/signerkey ,typically created by.IR createsignerkey (8),andthe ID string and password supplied by the client (which are used to access.IR keyfs (4)to check identity)..PPThe protocol involves an exchange of information between the client and server,as summarised in.IR login (6).The client side of this exchange can be managed by the.B Loginmodule; see.IR security-login (2)..PPClient and server communicate over the Secure Socket Layer device.IR ssl (3)..SH FILES.TF /keydb/signerkey.TP.B /keydb/keys.TP.B /keydb/signerkey.SH SOURCE.B /appl/cmd/auth/logind.b.SH "SEE ALSO".IR security-login (2),.IR ssl (3),.IR keyfs (4),.IR keys (6),.IR changelogin (8),.IR createsignerkey (8),.IR svc (8)