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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Password protection in unix Post 302572823 by neeraj617 on Friday 11th of November 2011 07:44:42 AM
Old 11-11-2011
Password protection in unix

How to create a file in UNIX which is password protected ?


Thanks and Regards,
Neeraj
 

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tokenadmin(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					     tokenadmin(8)

NAME
tokenadmin -- Command-line interface to smartcards and other token-based keychains SYNOPSIS
tokenadmin [-hqv] command [command_options] [command_args] DESCRIPTION
A command-line tool to administer smartcards and other token-based keychains. OPTIONS
-h With no arguments, shows a list of all commands. If arguments are provided, shows usage for each of the specified commands. Same as the help command. -q Makes tokenadmin less verbose. -v Makes tokenadmin more verbose. COMMANDS
Note: all commands other than help take the -h option to display help. help Shows all commands. create-fv-user -u short-name -l long-name [-p password] Creates a new FileVaulted user protected by the inserted smart card or token. Options: -u short-name Specify the short (i.e., login) name to be used for the account. -l long-name Specify the full name to be used for the account. If the full name contains spaces, the name must be enclosed by quotation marks. -p password Password for the user's login keychain (optional). EXAMPLE
tokenadmin create-fv-user -u fvtest3 -p foo -l "FV Test User 3" Create a new FileVaulted user with short name "fvtest3" and full name "FV Test User 3", with the new FileVault image being protected by the inserted token. The password for the user's login keychain is "foo". Note: after creating this user with tokenadmin, you must run "sc_auth accept -u fvtest3" or this user will not be able to log in. SEE ALSO
security(1), sc_auth(8), systemkeychain(8) NOTES
tokenadmin will eventually be merged into the security(1) command. Darwin June 2, 2019 Darwin
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