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.Dd October 12, 1987 .Dt NEWKEY 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm newkey .Nd create a new key in the publickey database .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Fl h Ar hostname .Nm .Fl u Ar username .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Newkey is normally run by the network administrator on the Network Interface Service (\s-1NIS\s0) master machine in order to establish public keys for users and super-users on the network. These keys are needed for using secure RPC or secure NFS\s0.
p .Nm Newkey will prompt for the login password of the given username and then create a new public/secret key pair in
a /etc/publickey encrypted with the login password of the given user.
p Use of this program is not required: users may create their own keys using .Xr chkey 1 . .Sh OPTIONS l -tag -width indent t Fl h Ar hostname Create a new public key for the super-user at the given hostname. Prompts for the root password of the given hostname. t Fl u Ar username Create a new public key for the given username. Prompts for the NIS password of the given username. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chkey 1 , .Xr keylogin 1 , .Xr publickey 5 , .Xr keyserv 8 .Sh NOTES The Network Information Service (\s-1NIS\s0) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (\s-1YP\s0). The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed.