1.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5 57686 2000-03-02 09:14:21Z sheldonh $
2.\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI;
3.TH PUBLICKEY 5 "19 October 1987"
4.SH NAME
5publickey \- public key database
6.SH SYNOPSIS
7.B /etc/publickey
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9.LP
10.B /etc/publickey
11is the public key database used for secure
12networking.
13Each entry in
14the database consists of a network user
15name (which may either refer to
16a user or a hostname), followed by the user's
17public key (in hex
18notation), a colon, and then the user's
19secret key encrypted with
20its login password (also in hex notation).
21.LP
22This file is altered either by the user through the
23.BR chkey (1)
24command or by the system administrator through the
25.BR newkey (8)
26command.
27The file
28.B /etc/publickey
29should only contain data on the NIS master machine, where it
30is converted into the
31.SM NIS
32database
33.BR publickey.byname .
34.SH SEE ALSO
35.BR chkey (1),
36.BR publickey (3R),
37.BR newkey (8),
38.BR ypupdated (8C)