NAME
lsh-writekey - Keypair split/store handler.
SYNOPSIS
lsh-writekey [OPTION...]
DESCRIPTION
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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@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 Moller
<nisse@lysator.liu.se>.
This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult
<pont_lsh@soua.net>, it is based on a template written by J.H.M. Dassen
(Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.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.