newkey

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                   newkey(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      newkey - create a new Diffie-Hellman key pair  in  the  pub-
      lickey database
 


SYNOPSIS
      newkey -h hostname  [ -s nisplus | nis  | files ]
 
      newkey -u username  [ -s nisplus | nis  | files ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      newkey establishes new public keys for users and machines on
      the  network. These keys are needed when using secure RPC or
      secure  NFS service.
 
      newkey prompts for a password  for  the  given  username  or
      hostname and then creates a new public/secret Diffie-Hellman
      192 bit key pair for the user or host.  The  secret  key  is
      encrypted  with  the  given  password.  The  key pair can be
      stored in the /etc/publickey file, the NIS publickey map, or
      the NIS+ cred.org_dir table.
 
      newkey consults the publickey  entry  in  the  name  service
      switch  configuration  file (see nsswitch.conf(4)) to deter-
      mine which naming service is used to store  the  secure  RPC
      keys.  If  the  publickey entry specifies a unique name ser-
      vice, newkey will add the key in the specified name service.
      However,  if there are multiple name services listed, newkey
      cannot decide which source to update  and  will  display  an
      error  message.  The  user is required to specify the source
      explicitly with the -s option.
 
      In the case of NIS, newkey should be run by the superuser on
      the  master NIS server for that domain. In the case of NIS+,
      newkey should be run by the superuser on a machine which has
      permission  to  update  the  cred.org_dir  table  of the new
      user/host domain.
 
      In the case of NIS+, nisaddcred(1M) should be  used  to  add
      new  keys.  newkey  cannot be used to create keys other than
      192-bit Diffie-Hellman.
 


OPTIONS
      -h hostname
            Create a new public/secret key pair for the privileged
            user at the given hostname. Prompts for a password for
            the given hostname.
 
      -u username
            Create a new public/secret  key  pair  for  the  given
            username.  Prompts  for a password for the given user-
            name.
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8            Last change: 5 Feb 1998                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                   newkey(1M)
 
 
 
      -s nisplus
 
      -s nis
 
      -s files
            Update the database in the specified  source:  nisplus
            (for  NIS+),  nis  (for NIS), or files.  Other sources
            may be available in the future.
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
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     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      chkey(1),   keylogin(1),   nisaddcred(1M),    nisclient(1M),
      nsswitch.conf(4), publickey(4), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8            Last change: 5 Feb 1998                    2
 
 
 

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