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PUBLICKEY(5)		      File Formats Manual		  PUBLICKEY(5)

NAME
       publickey -- public key database

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/publickey

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/publickey  is  the public key database used	for secure RPC (Remote
       Procedure Calls).  Each entry in	the database  consists	of  a  network
       user name (which	may either refer to a user or a	hostname), followed by
       the  user's  public key (in hex notation), a colon, and then the	user's
       secret key encrypted with its login password (also in hex notation).

       This file is altered either by the user through the chkey(1) command or
       by the system administrator through the newkey(8)  command.   The  file
       /etc/publickey  should  only  contain  data  on the NIS master machine,
       where it	is converted into the NIS database publickey.byname.

SEE ALSO
       chkey(1), publickey(3), newkey(8), ypupdated(8)

FreeBSD	13.2		       October 19, 1987			  PUBLICKEY(5)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | SEE ALSO

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