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newkey(1M)		System Administration Commands		    newkey(1M)

NAME
       newkey - create a new Diffie-Hellman key pair in the publickey database

SYNOPSIS
       newkey -h hostname [-s nis | files | ldap]

       newkey -u username [-s nis | files | ldap]

DESCRIPTION
       newkey  establishes  new public keys for users and machines on the net‐
       work. These keys are needed when using secure RPC or  secure  NFS  ser‐
       vice.

       newkey  prompts	for  a password for the given username or hostname and
       then creates a new public/secret Diffie-Hellman 192 bit	key  pair  for
       the  user or host. The secret key is encrypted with the given password.
       The key pair can be stored in the /etc/publickey file or the  NIS  pub‐
       lickey map.

       newkey consults the publickey entry in the name service switch configu‐
       ration file (see nsswitch.conf(4)) to determine which naming service is
       used  to	 store the secure RPC keys. If the publickey entry specifies a
       unique name service, newkey will add the key in the specified name ser‐
       vice.  However, if there are multiple name services listed, newkey can‐
       not decide which source to update and will display  an  error  message.
       The  user  is  required	to  specify  the source explicitly with the -s
       option.

       In the case of NIS, newkey should be run by the superuser on the master
       NIS server for that domain.

       In the case of LDAP, newkey should be run by the superuser on a machine
       that also recognizes the directory manager's  bind  distinguished  name
       (DN) and password to perform an LDAP update for the host.

OPTIONS
       -h hostname    Create  a	 new public/secret key pair for the privileged
		      user at the given hostname. Prompts for a	 password  for
		      the given hostname.

       -u username    Create  a new public/secret key pair for the given user‐
		      name. Prompts for a password for the given username.

       -s nis	      Update the database in the specified  source:  nis  (for
       -s files	      NIS), files, or ldap (LDAP). Other sources may be avail‐
       -s ldap	      able in the future.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcs			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       chkey(1), keylogin(1), nsswitch.conf(4), publickey(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11			  11 Dec 2009			    newkey(1M)

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