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.TH LSH-WRITEKEY 1 "Aug 21 2002" lsh-writekey "lsh manuals"
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.SH NAME
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lsh-writekey \- store a public / private key pair.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B lsh-writekey
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.RI [ options ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This manual page documents briefly the
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.B lsh-writekey
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command.
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This manual page was written for the Debian distribution
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because the original program does not have a manual page.
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Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
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\fBlsh-writekey\fP is a program that reads a public / private key pair in
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\fBSPKI(5)\fP format on stdin, separates the public and private sections of
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the key and writes them to separate files.
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.SH OPTIONS
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This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
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options starting with two dashes (`-').
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A summary of options is included below.
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For a complete description, see the Info files.
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.TP
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.B \-c, \-\-crypto=\fIalgorithm\fP
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Encryption algorithm to use on the private key file.
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.TP
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.B \-i, \-\-iteration\-count=\fIPKCS#5\fP
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Iteration count, the default is 1500.
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.TP
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.B \-l, \-\-label=\fItext\fP
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Sets the unencrypted label for the key.
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.TP
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.B \-o, \-\-output\-file=\fIfilename\fP
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The file to write the private key to. The public key file has a ".pub"
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appended to the end of it. The default output file is "~/.lsh/identity".
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.TP
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.B \-f, \-\-output\-format=\fIformat\fP
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Specifies the variant of the S-expression syntax to generate. Valid formats are
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"transport", "canonical", "advanced" and "international".
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.TP
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.B \-p, \-\-passphrase=\fIpassword\fP
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Specifies a passphrase for the private key.
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.TP
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.B \-\-server
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Use the server seed file, and change the default output file to
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/etc/lsh_host_key.
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.TP
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.B \-\-debug
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Print huge amounts of debug information.
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.B \-\-log\-file=\fIfile\fP
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Append messages to \fIfile\fP.
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.TP
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.B \-q, \-\-quiet
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Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages.
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.B \-\-trace
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Print a detailed program trace.
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.B \-v, \-\-verbose
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Print verbose diagnostic messages
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.B \-?, \-\-help
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Show summary of options.
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.B \-\-usage
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Show a short usage message.
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.B \-V, \-\-version
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Show version of program.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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HOME
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The user's home directory.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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~/.lsh/identity
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Default location where the private key is stored.
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~/.lsh/identity.pub
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Default location where the public key is stored.
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/etc/lsh_host_key, /etc/lsh_host_key.pub
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The server's private and public host keys.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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A typical usage of lsh-writekey is:
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lsh-keygen -l 8 | lsh-writekey
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which generates a public / private key pair using \fBlsh-keygen(1)\fP and
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stores it to the default ~/.lsh/identity.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR lsh-keygen (1),
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.BR lsh-make-seed (1),
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.BR lshc (1),
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.BR lshd (8),
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.BR SPKI (5).
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.BR
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The programs are documented fully by
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.IR "Lsh" ,
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available via the Info system.
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.SH AUTHOR
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This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>,
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for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).