43 lines
926 B
Groff
43 lines
926 B
Groff
.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI;
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.Dd October 19, 1987
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.Dt PUBLICKEY 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm publickey
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.Nd "public key database"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Pa /etc/publickey
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Pa /etc/publickey
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is the public key database used for secure
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networking.
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Each entry in
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the database consists of a network user
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name (which may either refer to
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a user or a hostname), followed by the user's
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public key (in hex
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notation), a colon, and then the user's
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secret key encrypted with
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its login password (also in hex notation).
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.Pp
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This file is altered either by the user through the
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.Xr chkey 1
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command or by the system administrator through the
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.Xr newkey 8
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command.
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The file
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.Pa /etc/publickey
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should only contain data on the
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.Tn NIS
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master machine, where it
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is converted into the
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.Tn NIS
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database
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.Pa publickey.byname .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chkey 1 ,
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.Xr publickey 3 ,
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.Xr newkey 8 ,
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.Xr ypupdated 8
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