| .\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI; |
| .Dd October 19, 1987 |
| .Dt PUBLICKEY 5 |
| .Os |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm publickey |
| .Nd "public key database" |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Pa /etc/publickey |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Pa /etc/publickey |
| is the public key database used for secure |
| RPC (Remote Procedure Calls). |
| 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). |
| .Pp |
| This file is altered either by the user through the |
| .Xr chkey 1 |
| command or by the system administrator through the |
| .Xr newkey 8 |
| command. |
| The file |
| .Pa /etc/publickey |
| should only contain data on the |
| .Tn NIS |
| master machine, where it |
| is converted into the |
| .Tn NIS |
| database |
| .Pa publickey.byname . |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr chkey 1 , |
| .Xr publickey 3 , |
| .Xr newkey 8 , |
| .Xr ypupdated 8 |
