LOGIN_SKEY(8) BSD System Manager's Manual LOGIN_SKEY(8)
login_skey - provide S/Key authentication type
login_skey [-s service] [-v fd=number] user [class]
The login_skey utility is called by login(1), su(1), ftpd(8), and others
to authenticate the user with S/Key authentication.
The service argument specifies which protocol to use with the invoking
program. The allowed protocols are login, challenge, and response. The
default protocol is login.
The fd argument is used to specify the number of an open, locked file
descriptor that references the user's S/Key entry. This is used to
prevent simultaneous S/Key authorization attempts from using the same
challenge.
The user argument is the login name of the user to be authenticated.
The optional class argument is accepted for consistency with the other
login scripts but is not used.
login_skey will look up user in the S/Key database and, depending on the
desired protocol, will do one of three things:
login Present user with an S/Key challenge, accept a response and
report back to the invoking program whether or not the authen-
tication was successful.
challenge Return the current S/Key challenge for user.
response Report back to the invoking program whether or not the speci-
fied response matches the current S/Key challenge for user.
If user does not have an entry in the S/Key database, a fake challenge
will be generated by the S/Key library.
/etc/skey directory containing user entries for S/Key
login(1), skey(1), skeyinfo(1), skeyinit(1), login.conf(5), ftpd(8)
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