| IPSEC-CHECKNSS(8) | Executable programs | IPSEC-CHECKNSS(8) |
.SH "NAME" ipsec-checknss - Check or initialize the IPsec NSS
database
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 360u
ipsec checknss
[--nssdir /var/lib/ipsec/nss]
[--settrusts]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP Checknss checks or initialises the NSS database where all private
keys for RSA and certificate keypairs are stored. To remove an existing
IPsec NSS database, remove all the *.db files and pkcs11.txt from the NSS
data directory (default: /var/lib/ipsec/nss). If database exists returns
successfully.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP ipsec.conf(5), ipsec(8), ipsec-add(8),
ipsec-algparse(8), ipsec-briefconnectionstatus(8),
ipsec-briefstatus(8), ipsec-certutil(8),
ipsec-checkconfig(8), ipsec-checknflog(8),
ipsec-connectionstatus(8), ipsec-crlutil(8),
ipsec-delete(8), ipsec-down(8), ipsec-ecdsasigkey(8),
ipsec-fetchcrls(8), ipsec-fipsstatus(8),
ipsec-globalstatus(8), ipsec-import(8),
ipsec-initnss(8), ipsec-letsencrypt(8),
ipsec-listall(8), ipsec-listcacerts(8),
ipsec-listcerts(8), ipsec-listcrls(8), ipsec-listen(8),
ipsec-listpubkeys(8), ipsec-modutil(8),
ipsec-newhostkey(8), ipsec-ondemand(8),
ipsec-pk12util(8), ipsec-pluto(8), ipsec-purgeocsp(8),
ipsec-redirect(8), ipsec-replace(8),
ipsec-rereadall(8), ipsec-rereadcerts(8),
ipsec-rereadsecrets(8), ipsec-restart(8),
ipsec-route(8), ipsec-rsasigkey(8), ipsec-setup(8),
ipsec-showhostkey(8), ipsec-showroute(8),
ipsec-showstates(8), ipsec-shuntstatus(8),
ipsec-start(8), ipsec-status(8), ipsec-stop(8),
ipsec-trafficstatus(8), ipsec-unroute(8), ipsec-up(8),
ipsec-vfychain(8), ipsec-whack(8)
.SH "BUGS"
.PP none
.SH "AUTHOR"
Andrew Cagney, Daniel Kahn Gillmor, D. Hugh Redelmeier, Paul Wouters, Tuomo
Soini
| 08/30/2026 | Libreswan v5.4-HEAD |