NAME

publickey − public key database

SYNOPSIS

/etc/publickey

DESCRIPTION

/etc/publickey is the public key database used for secure RPC.  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 a password (also in hex notation). 

This file is altered either by the user through the chkey(1) command or by the system administrator through the newkey(1) command. 

SEE ALSO

chkey(1), newkey(1), publickey(3N)