publickey(4bnu)

publickey -- public key database

Description

The /etc/publickey file is the public key database used for secure RPC.

Files

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

Usage

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).

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(1bnu) command, or by the system administrator using the newkey(1Mbnu) command.

References

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