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Helper program used to store token password pins

Synopsis

nss_pcache <semid> <fips on/off>

Description

A helper program used by the Apache httpd mod_nss plug-in to store the NSS PKCS #11 token password pins between restarts of Apache.

Whenever an Apache httpd process configured to use the mod_nss plug-in is started, this program will be automatically invoked via reference to the mod_nss configuration file stored under /etc/httpd/conf.d/nss.conf which contains the following default entry:

#   Pass Phrase Helper:
#   This helper program stores the token password pins between
#   restarts of Apache.
#
#   NOTE:  Located at '/usr/sbin/nss_pcache' prior
#          to 'mod_nss-1.0.8-22'.
#
NSSPassPhraseHelper /usr/libexec/nss_pcache

Options

<semid>

The semaphore which corresponds to the mod_nss plug-in registered with the Apache httpd process during startup.

<fips on/off>

Specifies whether FIPS mode should be enabled, on, or disabled, off.  By default, FIPS mode is disabled, and no variable is specified in /etc/httpd/conf.d/nss.conf.  To enable FIPS mode, establish password access for the specified NSS security databases, and specify the following variable in  /etc/httpd/conf.d/nss.conf:

NSSFIPS on

Bugs

Report bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com.

Authors

Rob Crittenden <rcritten@redhat.com>.

Info

May 10 2017 Rob Crittenden