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186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5,v 1.5.2.1 2001/01/18 10:20:24 ru Exp $
286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:26:45 dillon Exp $
386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" @(#)publickey.5	2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI;
486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd October 19, 1987
586d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt PUBLICKEY 5
686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os
786d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME
886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm publickey
986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd "public key database"
1086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS
1186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa /etc/publickey
1286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION
1386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa /etc/publickey
1486d7f5d3SJohn Marinois the public key database used for secure
1586d7f5d3SJohn Marinonetworking.
1686d7f5d3SJohn MarinoEach entry in
1786d7f5d3SJohn Marinothe database consists of a network user
1886d7f5d3SJohn Marinoname (which may either refer to
1986d7f5d3SJohn Marinoa user or a hostname), followed by the user's
2086d7f5d3SJohn Marinopublic key (in hex
2186d7f5d3SJohn Marinonotation), a colon, and then the user's
2286d7f5d3SJohn Marinosecret key encrypted with
2386d7f5d3SJohn Marinoits login password (also in hex notation).
2486d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp
2586d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThis file is altered either by the user through the
2686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr chkey 1
2786d7f5d3SJohn Marinocommand or by the system administrator through the
2886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr newkey 8
2986d7f5d3SJohn Marinocommand.
3086d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe file
3186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa /etc/publickey
3286d7f5d3SJohn Marinoshould only contain data on the
3386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Tn NIS
3486d7f5d3SJohn Marinomaster machine, where it
3586d7f5d3SJohn Marinois converted into the
3686d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Tn NIS
3786d7f5d3SJohn Marinodatabase
3886d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa publickey.byname .
3986d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO
4086d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr chkey 1 ,
4186d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr publickey 3 ,
4286d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr newkey 8 ,
4386d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr ypupdated 8
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