OPIEKEYS(5)OPIEKEYS(5)NAME
/etc/opiekeys - OPIE database of user key information
DESCRIPTION
The opiekeys file contains user information used by
the OPIE software to authenticate users. The opiekeys
file is backwards compatible with the S/Key
/etc/skeykeys database file, but only if the hashing
algorithm (MD4 and MD5) is the same between S/Key and
OPIE (i.e., MD5 OPIE cannot use MD4 S/Key keys). The
opiekeys file consists of six fields separated by
spaces (tabs are properly interpreted, but spaces
should be used instead) as follows:
Field Description
name User's login name.
sequence User's sequence number.
seed User's seed.
key User's last response (hex).
date Last change date.
time Last change time.
SEE ALSOftpd(8)login(1), opie(4), opiekeys(5),
opiepasswd(1), opieinfo(1), su(1),
AUTHOR
Bellcore's S/Key was written by Phil Karn, Neil M.
Haller, and John S. Walden of Bellcore. OPIE was cre‐
ated at NRL by Randall Atkinson, Dan McDonald, and
Craig Metz.
S/Key is a trademark of Bell Communications Research
(Bellcore).
CONTACT
OPIE is discussed on the Bellcore "S/Key Users" mail‐
ing list. To join, send an email request to:
skey-users-request@thumper.bellcore.com
7th Edition January 10, 1995 OPIEKEYS(5)
