1 .TH REG_SVR 8 "30 Nov 1988" "Project Athena"
4 reg_svr, startreg \- Moira user account registration server
10 The registration server
11 must be running on the machine hosting the Moira database for the
13 program to function. Rather than invoke
15 directly, it is started by
17 which starts the daemon running in the proper working directory and
18 captures logging messages.
20 Logging is done to standard output.
21 If critical errors are detected, they are logged to
22 .B /moira/critical.log
23 and in a zephyrgram to class
27 in addition to standard output.
28 Also, a journal file is kept in
30 logging every successful change of the database in a format that can
33 For the server to be able to function properly, if must be run as root
34 and root must have access to the tables in the DBMS. Also,
35 Kerberos principal "moira.[servername]" must be on the Kerberos admin
36 server ACL to create new principals and set their passwords.
39 sets its working directory to the root, disconnects from the terminal
40 and puts itself in the background. It then starts
41 .B /moira/bin/reg_svr,
42 and will capture lines the server writes to standard output and log them
45 along with a timestamp.
47 will also log the exit status of the
58 /tmp/tkt_ureg \- temporary Kerberos ticket storage.
60 /etc/athena/srvtab \- The reg_svr must be able to get Kerberos tickets for
63 Jay Berkenbilt, Bill Sommerfeld
65 userreg(1), The Project Athena Technical Plan section on Moira.