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.\" @(#)newkey.8 1.3 91/03/11 TIRPC 1.0; from 1.12 90/02/03 SMI;
1999-08-28 01:08:13 +00:00
.\" $FreeBSD$
.Dd October 12, 1987
.Dt NEWKEY 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm newkey
.Nd create a new key in the publickey database
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Fl h Ar hostname
.Nm
.Fl u Ar username
.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
.Nm
utility is normally run by the network administrator on the
Network Interface Service
.Pq NIS
master machine in order to establish public keys for
users and super-users on the network.
These keys are needed for using secure
RPC
or secure
NFS .
.Pp
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The
.Nm
utility will prompt for the login password of the given username and then
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create a new public/secret key pair in
.Pa /etc/publickey
encrypted with the login password of the given user.
.Pp
Use of this program is
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not required: users may create their own keys using
.Xr chkey 1 .
.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl h Ar hostname
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Create a new public key for the super-user at the given hostname.
Prompts for the root password of the given hostname.
.It Fl u Ar username
Create a new public key for the given username.
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Prompts for the
NIS
password of the given username.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr chkey 1 ,
.Xr keylogin 1 ,
.Xr publickey 5 ,
.Xr keyserv 8
.Sh NOTES
The Network Information Service
.Pq NIS
was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages
.Pq YP .
The functionality of the two remains the same;
only the name has changed.