newkey(1M)

NAME

newkey − create a new key in the publickey database

SYNOPSIS

newkey −h hostname
newkey −u username

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

The newkey command should be run by the network administrator as super-user on the machine that contains the /etc/publickey 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 prompts for a password for the given username or hostname and then creates a new public/secret key pair for the user or host in /etc/publickey, encrypted with the given password.

Under certain conditions, chkey(1) can also be used to add a new key to the /etc/publickey database.

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 username.

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