publickey(4)                                            publickey(4)


       NAME
             publickey - public key data base

       SYNOPSIS
             /etc/publickey

       DESCRIPTION
             The publickey file is the public key data base used for secure
             RPC.

          Files
             /var/yp/domainname/publickey.byname
                                                Corresponding NIS map
                                                containing public and
                                                secret keys.

       USAGE
             Each entry in the data base 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).

             If the network user name is + (plus sign) and the Network
             Information Service (NIS) is installed and running, the NIS
             map publickey.byname on the NIS server will be used instead of
             /etc/publickey.

             The publickey file is modified either by the user through the
             chkey(1) command or by the system administrator through the
             newkey(1M) command.

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














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