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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"

"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [

<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">

<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">

<title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>

<productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>

<productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>

<firstname>Björn</firstname>

<surname>Påhlsson</surname>

<email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

</address>

</author>

<firstname>Teddy</firstname>

<surname>Hogeborn</surname>

<email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>

</address>

</author>

</authorgroup>

<holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>

<holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>

</copyright>

<para>

This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it

and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public

License as published by the Free Software Foundation,

either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any

later version.

</para>

<para>

This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will

be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the

implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License

for more details.

</para>

<para>

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public

License along with this program; If not, see

<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.

</para>

</legalnotice>

</refentryinfo>

<refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>

</refmeta>

<refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>

Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request

</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

<replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>

</group>

</group>

<arg choice="plain"><option>--length</option>

</group>

<arg choice="plain"><option>--subtype</option>

</group>

<arg choice="plain"><option>--sublength</option>

</group>

</group>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--email</option>

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<replaceable>EMAIL</replaceable></arg>

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</group>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--comment</option>

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<replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable></arg>

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</group>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--expire</option>

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</group>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--force</option></arg>

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</group>

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</cmdsynopsis>

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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<replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>

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</group>

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</group>

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</group>

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</group>

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</group>

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<replaceable>EMAIL</replaceable></arg>

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</group>

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<replaceable>COMMENT</replaceable></arg>

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</group>

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</group>

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</group>

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</cmdsynopsis>

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--password</option></arg>

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</group>

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<replaceable>directory</replaceable></arg>

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</group>

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</group>

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</cmdsynopsis>

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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</group>

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</cmdsynopsis>

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>

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<arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>

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</group>

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</cmdsynopsis>

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</refsynopsisdiv>

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<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

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<para>

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<command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> is a program to generate the

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OpenPGP keys used by

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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>

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<manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The keys are

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normally written to /etc/mandos for later installation into the

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initrd image, but this, like most things, can be changed with

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command line options.

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</para>

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<para>

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It can also be used to generate ready-made sections for

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<citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>

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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> using the

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<option>--password</option> option.

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</para>

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</refsect1>

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<title>PURPOSE</title>

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<para>

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The purpose of this is to enable <emphasis>remote and unattended

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rebooting</emphasis> of client host computer with an

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<emphasis>encrypted root file system</emphasis>. See <xref

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linkend="overview"/> for details.

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</para>

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</refsect1>

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<title>OPTIONS</title>

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<para>

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Show a help message and exit

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</para>

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</listitem>

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</varlistentry>

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<term><literal>-d</literal>, <literal>--dir

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<replaceable>directory</replaceable></literal></term>

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<para>

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Target directory for key files. Default is

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</para>

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</listitem>

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</varlistentry>

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<term><literal>-t</literal>, <literal>--type

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</para>

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</listitem>

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</varlistentry>

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<para>

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</para>

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</varlistentry>

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<term><literal>-s</literal>, <literal>--subtype

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<para>

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<term><literal>-L</literal>, <literal>--sublength

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<para>

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<term><literal>-x</literal>, <literal>--expire</literal>

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<para>

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</varlistentry>

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</varlistentry>

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<term><literal>-p</literal>, <literal>--password</literal

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></term>

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<para>

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Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already

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present in either <filename>/etc/mandos</filename> or the

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option. Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable

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>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The host name or the name

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specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used

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for the section header. All other options are ignored,

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</varlistentry>

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</variablelist>

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<title>OVERVIEW</title>

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This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for

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<title>EXIT STATUS</title>

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<title>ENVIRONMENT</title>

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<title>FILES</title>

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Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where

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<title>EXAMPLE</title>

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</para>

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<para>

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</para>

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</informalexample>

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</refentry>

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