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1.\"	$NetBSD: skeyinit.1,v 1.11 2001/04/09 12:35:00 wiz Exp $
2.\"	@(#)skeyinit.1	1.1 	10/28/93
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4.Dd June 7, 2000
5.Dt SKEYINIT 1
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm skeyinit
9.Nd change password or add user to S/Key authentication system
10.Sh SYNOPSIS
11.Nm
12.Op Fl n Ar count
13.Op Fl s
14.Op Fl t Ar hash
15.Op Fl z
16.Op Ar user
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18.Nm
19initializes the system so you can use S/Key one-time passwords to login.
20The program will ask you to enter a secret pass phrase;
21enter a phrase of several words in response.
22After the S/Key database
23has been updated you can login using either your regular password
24or using S/Key one-time passwords.
25.Pp
26.Nm
27requires you to type a secret password, so it should be used
28only on a secure terminal.
29.Sh OPTIONS
30.Bl -tag -width Ds
31.It Fl s
32allows the user to set the seed and count for complete control
33of the parameters.
34To do this run skeyinit in one window and put in your count and seed;
35then run
36.Xr skey 1
37in another window to generate the correct 6 english words
38for that count and seed.
39You can then "cut-and-paste" or type the words into the skeyinit window.
40.It Fl z
41Allows the user to zero their S/Key entry.
42.It Fl n Ar count
43Start the
44.Nm skey
45sequence at
46.Ar count
47(default is 100).
48.It Fl t Ar hash
49Selects the hash algorithm to use.
50Available choices are md4 (the default), md5 or sha1.
51.It Ar user
52The username to be changed/added.
53By default the current user is operated on, only root may
54change other user's entries.
55.El
56.Sh FILES
57.Bl -tag -width /etc/skeykeys
58.It Pa /etc/skeykeys
59data base of information for S/Key system.
60.El
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr skey 1 ,
63.Xr skeyaudit 1 ,
64.Xr skeyinfo 1
65.Sh AUTHORS
66Phil Karn, Neil M. Haller, John S. Walden, Scott Chasin
67