1.\" $FreeBSD: head/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5 50476 1999-08-28 00:22:10Z peter $
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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
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12networking. Each entry in
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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)
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