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  • Committer: Teddy Hogeborn
  • Date: 2008-08-24 07:42:14 UTC
  • Revision ID: teddy@fukt.bsnet.se-20080824074214-odju7g3115le171c
* mandos-keygen: Bug fix: Recognize new options --subtype and
                 --sublength.  New option "--password" which prompts
                 for and encrypts a password with an already existing
                 key.

* mandos-keygen.xml (SYNOPSIS): Added separate synopsis for
                                "--password" option.
  (DESCRIPTION): Added text about password creation.
  (OPTIONS): Document default value for "--dir" option.  Document new
             "--password" option.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
 
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<!ENTITY VERSION "1.0">
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<!ENTITY COMMANDNAME "mandos-keygen">
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<!ENTITY TIMESTAMP "2017-02-23">
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<!ENTITY % common SYSTEM "common.ent">
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%common;
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]>
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<refentry xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
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  <refentryinfo>
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    <title>Mandos Manual</title>
 
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    <title>&COMMANDNAME;</title>
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    <!-- NWalsh’s docbook scripts use this to generate the footer: -->
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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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    <productname>&COMMANDNAME;</productname>
 
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    <productnumber>&VERSION;</productnumber>
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    <authorgroup>
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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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        </address>
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      </author>
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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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        </address>
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      </author>
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    </authorgroup>
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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>2016</year>
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      <year>2017</year>
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      <holder>Teddy Hogeborn</holder>
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      <holder>Björn Påhlsson</holder>
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    </copyright>
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    <xi:include href="legalnotice.xml"/>
 
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      <para>
 
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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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        later version.
 
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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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        for more details.
 
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      </para>
 
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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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        <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/"/>.
 
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  <refmeta>
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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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    <refpurpose>
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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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      </refentrytitle><manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>
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  <refsynopsisdiv>
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    <cmdsynopsis>
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      <command>&COMMANDNAME;</command>
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      <group>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--dir
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <arg choice="plain"><option>--type
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>KEYTYPE</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>BITS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></arg>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
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        <replaceable>ADDRESS</replaceable></option></term>
 
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          <para>
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        <replaceable>TEXT</replaceable></option></term>
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        <replaceable>TIME</replaceable></option></term>
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        <term><option>-x
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            Key expire time.  Default is no expiration.  See
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        <term><option>-f</option></term>
 
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            Prompt for a password and encrypt it with the key already
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            >8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.  The host name or the name
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        <term><option>-F
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      This program is a small utility to generate new OpenPGP keys for
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        <term><envar>TMPDIR</envar></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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    <title>FILES</title>
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    <para>
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      Use the <option>--dir</option> option to change where
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443
 
        <term><filename class="directory">/tmp</filename></term>
 
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        <listitem>
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417
 
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    <title>BUGS</title>
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    <xi:include href="bugs.xml"/>
 
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    <para>
 
421
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422
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458
 
  
 
424
 
459
425
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    <title>EXAMPLE</title>
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    <informalexample>
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429
        Normal invocation needs no options:
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430
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431
      <para>
466
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME;</userinput>
 
432
        <userinput>mandos-keygen</userinput>
467
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468
434
    </informalexample>
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    <informalexample>
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436
      <para>
471
 
        Create key in another directory and of another type.  Force
 
437
        Create keys in another directory and of another type.  Force
472
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        overwriting old key files:
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474
440
      <para>
475
441
 
476
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<!-- do not wrap this line -->
477
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
478
 
 
479
 
      </para>
480
 
    </informalexample>
481
 
    <informalexample>
482
 
      <para>
483
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in <filename
484
 
        class="directory">/etc/mandos</filename> and output a section
485
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
486
 
      </para>
487
 
      <para>
488
 
        <userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password</userinput>
489
 
      </para>
490
 
    </informalexample>
491
 
    <informalexample>
492
 
      <para>
493
 
        Prompt for a password, encrypt it with the key in the
494
 
        <filename>client-key</filename> directory and output a section
495
 
        suitable for <filename>clients.conf</filename>.
496
 
      </para>
497
 
      <para>
498
 
 
499
 
<!-- do not wrap this line -->
500
 
<userinput>&COMMANDNAME; --password --dir client-key</userinput>
 
443
<userinput>mandos-keygen --dir ~/keydir --type RSA --force</userinput>
501
444
 
502
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      </para>
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446
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505
 
  
 
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449
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    <title>SECURITY</title>
508
451
    <para>
509
452
      The <option>--type</option>, <option>--length</option>,
510
453
      <option>--subtype</option>, and <option>--sublength</option>
511
 
      options can be used to create keys of low security.  If in
512
 
      doubt, leave them to the default values.
 
454
      options can be used to create keys of insufficient security.  If
 
455
      in doubt, leave them to the default values.
513
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    </para>
514
457
    <para>
515
 
      The key expire time is <emphasis>not</emphasis> guaranteed to be
516
 
      honored by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
458
      The key expire time is not guaranteed to be honored by
 
459
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
517
460
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
518
461
    </para>
519
462
  </refsect1>
520
 
  
 
463
 
521
464
  <refsect1 id="see_also">
522
465
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
523
466
    <para>
524
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>intro</refentrytitle>
 
467
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>password-request</refentrytitle>
525
468
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 
469
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
 
470
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
526
471
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle>
527
 
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
528
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-clients.conf</refentrytitle>
529
 
      <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
530
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos</refentrytitle>
531
 
      <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
532
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mandos-client</refentrytitle>
533
 
      <manvolnum>8mandos</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
534
 
      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ssh-keyscan</refentrytitle>
535
472
      <manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
536
473
    </para>
537
474
  </refsect1>
538
475
  
539
476
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540
 
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