lsh-writekey(1)

NAME

lsh-writekey - Keypair split/store handler.

SYNOPSIS

lsh-writekey [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

CAUTION! The information in this manpage may be invalid or outdated. For authorative information on lsh, please see it's Texinfo manual (see the SEE ALSO section).

Splits a keypair in one private and one public file, optionally encrypting the private file using a passphrase.

Common usage is to pipe the output from lsh-keygen into this program.

OPTIONS

-c, --crypto=Algorithm: Encryption algorithm for the private key file.

-i, --iteration-count=PKCS#5 iteration count: Default is 1500

-l, --label=Text: Unencrypted label for the key.

-o, --output-file=Filename Default is ~/.lsh/identity

-p, --passphrase=Password

--server: Use the server's seed-file, and change the default output file to /etc/lsh_host_key'.

--debug: Print huge amounts of debug information

--log-file=File name: Append messages to this file.

-q, --quiet: Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages

--trace: Detailed trace

-v, --verbose: Verbose diagnostic messages

-?, --help: Give this help list

--usage: Give a short usage message

-V, --version: Print program version

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.

DIAGNOSTICS

See the --verbose , --trace and --debug options.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

COPYING

The lsh suite of programs is distributed under the GNU General Public License; see the COPYING and AUTHORS files in the source distribution for details.

AUTHOR

The lsh program suite is written mainly by Niels Möller <[email protected]>.

This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult <[email protected]>, it is based on a template written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[email protected]>.