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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-16 20:32:58 UTC
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        href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2019-07-18">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
 
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<refentry>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
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    <productname>Mandos</productname>
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    <productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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    <date>&TIMESTAMP;</date>
 
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
 
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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Björn</firstname>
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        <surname>Påhlsson</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>belorn@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>belorn@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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      <author>
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        <firstname>Teddy</firstname>
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        <surname>Hogeborn</surname>
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        <address>
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          <email>teddy@recompile.se</email>
 
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          <email>teddy@fukt.bsnet.se</email>
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    <copyright>
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      <year>2008</year>
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      <year>2009</year>
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      <year>2010</year>
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      <year>2011</year>
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      <year>2012</year>
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      <year>2013</year>
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      <year>2014</year>
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      <year>2015</year>
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      <year>2017</year>
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      <year>2018</year>
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      <year>2019</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
 
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn &amp; Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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        This manual page is free software: you can redistribute it
 
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        and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
 
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        License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 
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        either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
 
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        This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will
 
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        be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
 
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        implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 
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        PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
 
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        You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 
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        License along with this program; If not, see
 
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    <refentrytitle>&COMMANDNAME;</refentrytitle>
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    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
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    <refname><command>&COMMANDNAME;</command></refname>
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      Generate key and password for Mandos client and server.
 
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      Generate keys for <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request
 
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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            Email address of key.  Default is empty.
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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224
 
305
225
      <varlistentry>
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        <term><option>--comment
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
308
 
        <term><option>-c
309
 
        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><literal>-c</literal>, <literal>--comment</literal>
 
227
        <replaceable>comment</replaceable></term>
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        <listitem>
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229
          <para>
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            Comment field for key.  Default is empty.
 
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            Comment field for key.  The default value is
 
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            "<literal>Mandos client key</literal>".
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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235
 
317
236
      <varlistentry>
318
 
        <term><option>--expire
319
 
        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
320
 
        <term><option>-x
321
 
        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
 
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        <term><literal>-x</literal>, <literal>--expire</literal>
 
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        <replaceable>time</replaceable></term>
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        <listitem>
323
240
          <para>
324
241
            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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244
          </para>
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245
        </listitem>
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246
      </varlistentry>
330
 
      
331
 
      <varlistentry>
332
 
        <term><option>--tls-keytype
333
 
        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
334
 
        <term><option>-T
335
 
        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></term>
336
 
        <listitem>
337
 
          <para>
338
 
            TLS key type.  Default is <quote>ed25519</quote>
339
 
          </para>
340
 
        </listitem>
341
 
      </varlistentry>
342
 
      
343
 
      <varlistentry>
344
 
        <term><option>--force</option></term>
345
 
        <term><option>-f</option></term>
346
 
        <listitem>
347
 
          <para>
348
 
            Force overwriting old key.
349
 
          </para>
350
 
        </listitem>
351
 
      </varlistentry>
352
 
      <varlistentry>
353
 
        <term><option>--password</option></term>
354
 
        <term><option>-p</option></term>
355
 
        <listitem>
356
 
          <para>
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
358
 
            present in either <filename>/etc/keys/mandos</filename> or
359
 
            the directory specified with the <option>--dir</option>
360
 
            option.  Outputs, on standard output, a section suitable
361
 
            for inclusion in <citerefentry><refentrytitle
362
 
            >mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum
363
 
            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
364
 
            specified with the <option>--name</option> option is used
365
 
            for the section header.  All other options are ignored,
366
 
            and no key is created.  Note: white space is stripped from
367
 
            the beginning and from the end of the password; See <xref
368
 
            linkend="bugs"/>.
369
 
          </para>
370
 
        </listitem>
371
 
      </varlistentry>
372
 
      <varlistentry>
373
 
        <term><option>--passfile
374
 
        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
375
 
        <term><option>-F
376
 
        <replaceable>FILE</replaceable></option></term>
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        <listitem>
378
 
          <para>
379
 
            The same as <option>--password</option>, but read from
380
 
            <replaceable>FILE</replaceable>, not the terminal, and
381
 
            white space is not stripped from the password in any way.
382
 
          </para>
383
 
        </listitem>
384
 
      </varlistentry>
385
 
      <varlistentry>
386
 
        <term><option>--no-ssh</option></term>
387
 
        <term><option>-S</option></term>
388
 
        <listitem>
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          <para>
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            When <option>--password</option> or
391
 
            <option>--passfile</option> is given, this option will
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            prevent <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> from calling
393
 
            <command>ssh-keyscan</command> to get an SSH fingerprint
394
 
            for this host and, if successful, output suitable config
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            options to use this fingerprint as a
396
 
            <option>checker</option> option in the output.  This is
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            otherwise the default behavior.
 
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248
      <varlistentry>
 
249
        <term><literal>-f</literal>, <literal>--force</literal></term>
 
250
        <listitem>
 
251
          <para>
 
252
            Force overwriting old keys.
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          </para>
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        </listitem>
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      </varlistentry>
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    </variablelist>
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  <refsect1 id="overview">
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    <title>OVERVIEW</title>
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    <xi:include href="overview.xml"/>
407
 
    <para>
408
 
      This program is a small utility to generate new TLS and OpenPGP
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      keys for new Mandos clients, and to generate sections for
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      inclusion in <filename>clients.conf</filename> on the server.
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    </para>
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  </refsect1>
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259
  <refsect1 id="exit_status">
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    <title>EXIT STATUS</title>
416
261
    <para>
417
 
      The exit status will be 0 if a new key (or password, if the
418
 
      <option>--password</option> option was used) was successfully
419
 
      created, otherwise not.
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262
    </para>
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422
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423
 
  <refsect1 id="environment">
424
 
    <title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
425
 
    <variablelist>
426
 
      <varlistentry>
427
 
        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
428
 
        <listitem>
429
 
          <para>
430
 
            If set, temporary files will be created here. See
431
 
            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mktemp</refentrytitle>
432
 
            <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
433
 
          </para>
434
 
        </listitem>
435
 
      </varlistentry>
436
 
    </variablelist>
437
 
  </refsect1>
438
 
  
439
 
  <refsect1 id="files">
 
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  <refsect1 id="file">
440
266
    <title>FILES</title>
441
267
    <para>
442
 
      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
443
 
      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command> will write the key files.  The
444
 
      default file names are shown here.
445
 
    </para>
446
 
    <variablelist>
447
 
      <varlistentry>
448
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/seckey.txt</filename></term>
449
 
        <listitem>
450
 
          <para>
451
 
            OpenPGP secret key file which will be created or
452
 
            overwritten.
453
 
          </para>
454
 
        </listitem>
455
 
      </varlistentry>
456
 
      <varlistentry>
457
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/pubkey.txt</filename></term>
458
 
        <listitem>
459
 
          <para>
460
 
            OpenPGP public key file which will be created or
461
 
            overwritten.
462
 
          </para>
463
 
        </listitem>
464
 
      </varlistentry>
465
 
      <varlistentry>
466
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-privkey.pem</filename></term>
467
 
        <listitem>
468
 
          <para>
469
 
            Private key file which will be created or overwritten.
470
 
          </para>
471
 
        </listitem>
472
 
      </varlistentry>
473
 
      <varlistentry>
474
 
        <term><filename>/etc/keys/mandos/tls-pubkey.pem</filename></term>
475
 
        <listitem>
476
 
          <para>
477
 
            Public key file which will be created or overwritten.
478
 
          </para>
479
 
        </listitem>
480
 
      </varlistentry>
481
 
      <varlistentry>
482
 
        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
483
 
        <listitem>
484
 
          <para>
485
 
            Temporary files will be written here if
486
 
            <varname>TMPDIR</varname> is not set.
487
 
          </para>
488
 
        </listitem>
489
 
      </varlistentry>
490
 
    </variablelist>
 
268
    </para>
 
269
  </refsect1>
 
270
 
 
271
  <refsect1 id="notes">
 
272
    <title>NOTES</title>
 
273
    <para>
 
274
    </para>
491
275
  </refsect1>
492
276
  
493
277
  <refsect1 id="bugs">
494
278
    <title>BUGS</title>
495
279
    <para>
496
 
      The <option>--password</option>/<option>-p</option> option
497
 
      strips white space from the start and from the end of the
498
 
      password before using it.  If this is a problem, use the
499
 
      <option>--passfile</option> option instead, which does not do
500
 
      this.
501
 
    </para>
502
 
    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
503
 
  </refsect1>
504
 
  
505
 
  <refsect1 id="example">
506
 
    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
507
 
    <informalexample>
508
 
      <para>
509
 
        Normal invocation needs no options:
510
 
      </para>
511
 
      <para>
512
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
513
 
      </para>
514
 
    </informalexample>
515
 
    <informalexample>
516
 
      <para>
517
 
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
518
 
        overwriting old key files:
519
 
      </para>
520
 
      <para>
521
 
 
522
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
523
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
524
 
 
525
 
      </para>
526
 
    </informalexample>
527
 
    <informalexample>
528
 
      <para>
529
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in <filename
530
 
        class="directory">/etc/keys/mandos</filename> and output a
531
 
        section suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
532
 
      </para>
533
 
      <para>
534
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
535
 
      </para>
536
 
    </informalexample>
537
 
    <informalexample>
538
 
      <para>
539
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the keys in the
540
 
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
541
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
542
 
      </para>
543
 
      <para>
544
 
 
545
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
546
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
547
 
 
548
 
      </para>
549
 
    </informalexample>
550
 
  </refsect1>
551
 
  
 
280
    </para>
 
281
  </refsect1>
 
282
 
 
283
  <refsect1 id="examples">
 
284
    <title>EXAMPLES</title>
 
285
    <para>
 
286
    </para>
 
287
  </refsect1>
 
288
 
552
289
  <refsect1 id="security">
553
290
    <title>SECURITY</title>
554
291
    <para>
555
 
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
556
 
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
557
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
558
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
559
 
    </para>
560
 
    <para>
561
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
562
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
563
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
564
292
    </para>
565
293
  </refsect1>
566
 
  
 
294
 
567
295
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
568
296
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
569
297
    <para>
570
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
298
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
571
299
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
300
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
301
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, and
572
302
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
573
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
574
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
575
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
576
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
577
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
578
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
579
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
580
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
581
303
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
582
304
    </para>
583
305
  </refsect1>
584
306
  
585
307
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586
 
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