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System Administration Commands                         newkey(1M)



NAME
     newkey - create a new Diffie-Hellman key pair  in  the  pub-
     lickey database

SYNOPSIS
     newkey -h hostname [-s nis | files | ldap]


     newkey -u username [-s nis | files | ldap]


DESCRIPTION
     newkey establishes new public keys for users and machines on
     the  network. These keys are needed when using secure RPC or
     secure NFS service.


     newkey prompts for a password  for  the  given  username  or
     hostname and then creates a new public/secret Diffie-Hellman
     192 bit key pair for the user or host.  The  secret  key  is
     encrypted  with  the  given  password.  The  key pair can be
     stored in the /etc/publickey file or the NIS publickey map.


     newkey consults the publickey  entry  in  the  name  service
     switch  configuration  file (see nsswitch.conf(4)) to deter-
     mine which naming service is used to store  the  secure  RPC
     keys.  If  the  publickey entry specifies a unique name ser-
     vice, newkey will add the key in the specified name service.
     However,  if there are multiple name services listed, newkey
     cannot decide which source to update  and  will  display  an
     error  message.  The  user is required to specify the source
     explicitly with the -s option.


     In the case of NIS, newkey should be run by the superuser on
     the master NIS server for that domain.


     In the case of LDAP, newkey should be run by  the  superuser
     on  a  machine  that also recognizes the directory manager's
     bind distinguished name (DN) and password to perform an LDAP
     update for the host.

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  host-
                    name.






SunOS 5.11          Last change: 11 Dec 2009                    1






System Administration Commands                         newkey(1M)



     -u username    Create a new public/secret key pair  for  the
                    given  username.  Prompts  for a password for
                    the given username.


     -s nis         Update the database in the specified  source:
     -s files       nis  (for  NIS), files, or ldap (LDAP). Other
     -s ldap        sources may be available in the future.


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcs                      |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     chkey(1),   keylogin(1),   nsswitch.conf(4),   publickey(4),
     attributes(5)





























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