From 68a560641f7a38c184fd3346dd8008b86e12d77a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:45:02 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.3.4+ds. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/publickey.5 | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/publickey.5 (limited to 'man/publickey.5') diff --git a/man/publickey.5 b/man/publickey.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0a03f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/publickey.5 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI; +.Dd October 19, 1987 +.Dt PUBLICKEY 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm publickey +.Nd "public key database" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Pa /etc/publickey +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pa /etc/publickey +is the public key database used for secure +RPC (Remote Procedure Calls). +Each entry in +the database consists of a network user +name (which may either refer to +a user or a hostname), followed by the user's +public key (in hex +notation), a colon, and then the user's +secret key encrypted with +its login password (also in hex notation). +.Pp +This file is altered either by the user through the +.Xr chkey 1 +command or by the system administrator through the +.Xr newkey 8 +command. +The file +.Pa /etc/publickey +should only contain data on the +.Tn NIS +master machine, where it +is converted into the +.Tn NIS +database +.Pa publickey.byname . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chkey 1 , +.Xr publickey 3 , +.Xr newkey 8 , +.Xr ypupdated 8 -- cgit v1.2.3