58 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
58 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)newkey.8 1.3 91/03/11 TIRPC 1.0; from 1.12 90/02/03 SMI;
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.TH NEWKEY 8 "12 October 1987"
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.SH NAME
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newkey \- create a new key in the publickey database
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B "newkey \-h"
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.I hostname
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.br
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.B "newkey \-u"
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.I username
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX "newkey command" "" "\fLnewkey\fP command"
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.LP
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.B newkey
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is normally run by the network administrator on the
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Network Interface Service
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(\s-1NIS\s0)
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master machine in order to establish public keys for
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users and super-users on the network.
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These keys are needed for using secure
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.SM RPC
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or secure
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.SM NFS\s0.
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.LP
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.B newkey
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will prompt for the login password of the given username and then
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create a new public/secret key pair in
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.B /etc/publickey
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encrypted with the login password of the given user.
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.LP
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Use of this program is
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not required: users may create their own keys using
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.BR chkey (1).
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 12
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.BI \-h " hostname"
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Create a new public key for the super-user at the given hostname.
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Prompts for the root password of the given hostname.
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.TP
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.BI \-u " username"
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Create a new public key for the given username.
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Prompts for the
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.SM NIS
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password of the given username.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR chkey (1),
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.BR keylogin (1),
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.BR publickey (5),
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.BR keyserv (8C)
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.SH NOTES
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.LP
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The Network Information Service
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(\s-1NIS\s0)
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was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages
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(\s-1YP\s0).
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The functionality of the two remains the same;
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only the name has changed.
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