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string2key(8)

string2key8

Map a password into a key

Usage

string2key [{-5 | --version5}] [{-4 | --version4}] [{-a | --afs}] [-c cell --cell=cell] [-w password --password=password] [-p principal --principal=principal] [-k string --keytype=string] password

Overview

string2key performs the string-to-key function. This is useful when you want to handle the raw key instead of the password. Supported options:

-5, --version5

Output Kerberos v5 string-to-key

-4, --version4

Output Kerberos v4 string-to-key

-a, --afs

Output AFS string-to-key

-c cell, --cell=cell

AFS cell to use

-w password, --password=password

Password to use

-p principal, --principal=principal

Kerberos v5 principal to use

-k string, --keytype=string

Keytype

--version

print version

--help

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 7 (Wheezy): the text shown here
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch) to Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

--afs since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --cell since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --help since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --keytype since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --password since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --principal since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --version since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --version4 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --version5 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -4 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -5 since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -a since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -c since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -k since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -p since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -w since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

From heimdal-clients 7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-9+deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.