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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-07-29 06:54:16 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-07-29 06:54:16 +0000 |
commit | 7711e701aa1f4f9d39e5cb307997bfa18a733136 (patch) | |
tree | aa6e652d97672aab7685f3a8895f647b750a6401 /usr.bin/newkey/newkey.8 | |
parent | e97a8f1bb5fbb72a7aba41985727d01d65f488c2 (diff) | |
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Add usage(), use err(3).
Rewrote man page in mdoc format.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/newkey/newkey.8 b/usr.bin/newkey/newkey.8 index 8029751..c32fe9e 100644 --- a/usr.bin/newkey/newkey.8 +++ b/usr.bin/newkey/newkey.8 @@ -1,54 +1,53 @@ .\" @(#)newkey.8 1.3 91/03/11 TIRPC 1.0; from 1.12 90/02/03 SMI; -.TH NEWKEY 8 "12 October 1987" -.SH NAME -newkey \- create a new key in the publickey database -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B "newkey \-h" -.I hostname -.br -.B "newkey \-u" -.I username -.SH DESCRIPTION -.IX "newkey command" "" "\fLnewkey\fP command" -.LP -.B newkey +.Dd October 12, 1987 +.Dt NEWKEY 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm newkey +.Nd create a new key in the publickey database +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm newkey +.Fl h Ar hostname +.Nm newkey +.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 -.SM RPC +RPC or secure -.SM NFS\s0. -.LP -.B newkey +NFS\s0. +.Pp +.Nm Newkey will prompt for the login password of the given username and then create a new public/secret key pair in -.B /etc/publickey +.Pa /etc/publickey encrypted with the login password of the given user. -.LP +.Pp Use of this program is not required: users may create their own keys using -.BR chkey (1). -.SH OPTIONS -.TP 12 -.BI \-h " hostname" +.Xr chkey 1 . +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It 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. -.TP -.BI \-u " username" +.It Fl u Ar username Create a new public key for the given username. Prompts for the -.SM NIS +NIS password of the given username. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR chkey (1), -.BR keylogin (1), -.BR publickey (5), -.BR keyserv (8C) -.SH NOTES -.LP +.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 |