NAME
publickey — public key database
DESCRIPTION
/etc/publickey
is a local public key database that is used for secure RPC.
The
/etc/publickey
file can be used in conjunction with or instead of other
publickey databases, including the NIS publickey map, the NIS+ publickey
map or user/host entries in LDAP directory.
Each entry in the database consists of a network user
name (which may refer to either
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
a password (also in hex notation).
The
/etc/publickey
file contains a default entry for
nobody.
Notes
LDAP can be used as the source for the public key database
only if Enhanced Key Components is installed.
AUTHOR
publickey
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
