newkey(1M)                                                       newkey(1M)


   NAME
         newkey - create a new key in the publickey database

   SYNOPSIS
         newkey -h hostname

         newkey -u username

   DESCRIPTION
         The newkey command is normally run by the network administrator on
         the machine that contains the publickey(4) database, to establish
         public keys for users and privileged users on the network.  These
         keys are needed when using secure RPC or secure NFS.

         newkey will prompt for a password for the given username or hostname
         and then create a new public/secret key pair for the user or host in
         /etc/publickey, encrypted with the given password.

         The following options are available:

         -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
                       username.

   SEE ALSO
         chkey(1), keylogin(1), keylogout(1), keyserv(1M), publickey(4)























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