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Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
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Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
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<replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable></arg>
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<replaceable>TIME</replaceable></arg>
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<replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice="plain"><option>-t</option>
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<replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The keys are
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The key is
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initrd image, but this, and most other things, can be changed
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<option>--password</option> option to generate a ready-made
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<term><literal>-h</literal>, <literal>--help</literal></term>
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<replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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<quote><literal>Mandos client key</literal></quote>.
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The <option>--type</option> and <option>--length</option>
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<option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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