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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 The information in this manpage may be invalid or outdated.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 <bug-lsh [AT] gnu.org>.

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 <nisse [AT] lysator.se>.

This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult <pont_lsh [AT] soua.net>, it is based on a template written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen [AT] wi.nl>.

SEE ALSO

DSA(5), lsh(1), lsh-authorize(1), lsh-decode-key(1), lsh-export-key(1), lsh-keygen(1), lsh-make-seed(1), lsh-upgrade(1), lsh-upgrade-key(1), lshd(8), secsh(5), SHA(5), SPKI(5), ssh-conv(1)

The full documentation for lsh is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and lsh programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info lsh

should give you access to the complete manual.

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