---
name: "booth-keygen"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "booth"
version: "1.2-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/booth-keygen"
---

# booth-keygen(8)

generate authentication key

## NAME

booth-keygen - generate authentication key

## SYNOPSIS

**booth-keygen** \[*-h*\] \[*auth-file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program generates an authentication key suitable for *booth* using */dev/urandom* as source.

## PARAMETERS

*auth-file*

The file to contain the generated key. Defaults to */etc/booth/authkey*. Use absolute paths.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print usage.

## EXIT STATUS

**0**

Success.

**!= 0**

File already exists or some other error.

## COPYING

Copyright © 2015 Dejan Muhamedagic  \<dmuhamedagic@suse.com\>

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as of version 2 (see `COPYING` file) or later.