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1.3 KiB
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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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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd October 12, 1987
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.Dt NEWKEY 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm newkey
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.Nd create a new key in the publickey database
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Fl h Ar hostname
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.Nm
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.Fl u Ar username
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility 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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RPC
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or secure
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NFS\s0.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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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
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.Pa /etc/publickey
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encrypted with the login password of the given user.
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.Pp
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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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.Xr chkey 1 .
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl h Ar 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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.It Fl u Ar 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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NIS
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password of the given username.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr chkey 1 ,
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.Xr keylogin 1 ,
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.Xr publickey 5 ,
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.Xr keyserv 8
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.Sh NOTES
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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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