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18 .TH PWMD 1 "30 Jun 2007" "Password Manager Daemon" "Password Manager Daemon"
21 pwmd \- local socket data server
24 [\-hv] [\-f <rcfile>] [\-I <filename>] [\-D]
28 is a daemon that listens for connections on a local socket. Clients connect to
29 the server and can get or modify "account" data. The word "account" is just a
30 placeholder for the element describing and item. But what the data actually is
31 can be anything. The data is stored in an AES encrypted XML file.
36 Specify an alternate configuration file. The default is \fB~/.pwmdrc\fR.
39 Import an XML file prompting for a key to use for encryption. The encrypted
40 data will be written to stdout.
43 Disable the LIST and DUMP protocol commands.
51 .SH CONFIGURATION FILE
52 Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored. Some options can be
53 grouped together to have file specific settings. A file section is declared by
54 surrounding the filename with braces ([filename]). Default options may be
55 specified in a [default] section. If the first character of a string value is
56 a tilde, it will be expanded to your home directory. First the global options:
58 .I "socket_path=<string>"
59 Listen on the specified socket. The default is \fB~/.pwmd/socket\fR.
61 .I "data_directory=<string>"
64 should store and retrieve data files. The default is \fB~/.pwmd\fR.
66 .I "disable_mlockall=<boolean>"
71 If you have resource limits beyond your control and
73 is taking to much physical memory then this option may help at the cost of
74 security. The data might be swapped to virtual memory and later recovered.
75 Reguardless of this option
77 will still be used for the file cache. The default is \fBfalse\fR.
79 .I "cache_size=<integer>"
80 Specfies the size of the file cache. Must be in multiples of your systems
81 \fBPAGE_SIZE\fR. The default is one page.
83 .I "log_path=<string>"
84 Logs informational messages to the specified file. The default is
87 .I "enable_logging=<boolean>"
88 Enable or disable logging to \fBlog_path\fR. The default is \fBfalse\fR.
90 .I "cache_push=<list>"
91 A list of filenames separated by commas that will be pushed into the file
94 will ask for the key for each file specified unless the key was specified with
95 a \fBkey\fR or \fBkey_file\fR parameter in a matching file section. The
98 Below are options that can be in the [default] or [filename] section. If in
99 both, then [filename] will have precedence.
101 .I "cache_timeout=<integer>"
102 The number of seconds for the life of the cached file. If -1, the file is
103 cached forever. If 0, each time the file is opened or saved a key will be
106 .I "iterations=<integer>"
107 The number of times to encrypt the data. A value of 10000 or more will make
108 dictionary attacks very slow depending on the CPU. The default is 0.
111 The initial key to use for this file. If specified in the "default" section
112 then "default" is treated as a filename and not a default for other files.
114 .I "key_file=<string>"
115 Same as above but obtain the key from the specified filename with the key
116 being on the first line of the file.
120 Clears the entire file cache. If there are any clients connected, a key will
121 be required for the next OPEN or SAVE command.
126 Default configuration file.
129 Default data directory.
132 Default listening socket.
134 .B /dev/shm/pwmd.<uid>
135 On Linux, and maybe other systems, where the file cache is stored for the
136 duration of the daemon. If your
138 supports MAP_ANONYMOUS with MAP_SHARED then no file will need to be created.
141 Ben Kibbey <bjk@luxsci.net>
143 .URL "http://bjk.sourceforge.net/pwmd/" "PWMD Homepage" .