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.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5,v 1.5 2000/03/02 09:13:46 sheldonh Exp $

.\" @(#)publickey.5     2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI;

.TH PUBLICKEY 5 "19 October 1987"

.SH NAME

publickey \- public key database

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B /etc/publickey

.SH DESCRIPTION

.LP

.B /etc/publickey

is the public key database used for secure

networking.

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

its login password (also in hex notation).

.LP

This file is altered either by the user through the

.BR chkey (1)

command or by the system administrator through the

.BR newkey (8)

command.

The file

.B /etc/publickey

should only contain data on the NIS master machine, where it

is converted into the

.SM NIS

database

.BR publickey.byname .

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR chkey (1),

.BR publickey (3R),

.BR newkey (8),

.BR ypupdated (8C)