1.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5,v 1.5.2.1 2001/01/18 10:20:24 ru Exp $ 2.\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:26:45 dillon Exp $ 3.\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI; 4.Dd October 19, 1987 5.Dt PUBLICKEY 5 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm publickey 9.Nd "public key database" 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Pa /etc/publickey 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13.Pa /etc/publickey 14is the public key database used for secure 15networking. 16Each entry in 17the database consists of a network user 18name (which may either refer to 19a user or a hostname), followed by the user's 20public key (in hex 21notation), a colon, and then the user's 22secret key encrypted with 23its login password (also in hex notation). 24.Pp 25This file is altered either by the user through the 26.Xr chkey 1 27command or by the system administrator through the 28.Xr newkey 8 29command. 30The file 31.Pa /etc/publickey 32should only contain data on the 33.Tn NIS 34master machine, where it 35is converted into the 36.Tn NIS 37database 38.Pa publickey.byname . 39.Sh SEE ALSO 40.Xr chkey 1 , 41.Xr publickey 3 , 42.Xr newkey 8 , 43.Xr ypupdated 8 44