newkey(1M)                                                System Administration Commands                                                newkey(1M)

NAME

       newkey - create a new Diffie-Hellman key pair in the publickey database

SYNOPSIS

       newkey -h hostname [-s nisplus | nis | files | ldap]

       newkey -u username [-s nisplus | nis | files | ldap]

DESCRIPTION

       newkey  establishes  new public keys for users and machines on the network. These keys are needed when using secure RPC or secure  NFS ser-
       vice.

       newkey prompts for a password for the given username or hostname and then creates a new public/secret Diffie-Hellman 192 bit key  pair  for
       the  user or host. The secret key is encrypted with the given password. The key pair can be stored in the /etc/publickey file, the NIS pub-
       lickey map, or the NIS+ cred.org_dir table.

       newkey consults the publickey entry in the name service switch configuration file (see nsswitch.conf(4)) to determine which naming  service
       is used to store the secure RPC keys. If the publickey entry specifies a unique name service, newkey will add the key in the specified name
       service. However, if there are multiple name services listed, newkey cannot decide which source to update and will display  an  error  mes-
       sage. The user is required to specify the source explicitly with the -s option.

       In  the  case of NIS, newkey should be run by the superuser on the master NIS server for that domain. In the case of NIS+, newkey should be
       run by the superuser on a machine which has permission to update the cred.org_dir table of the new user/host domain.

       In the case of NIS+, nisaddcred(1M) should be used to add new keys. newkey cannot be used to create keys other than 192-bit Diffie-Hellman.

       In the case of LDAP, newkey should be run by the superuser on a machine that also recognizes the  directory  manager's  bind  distinguished
       name (DN) and password to perform an LDAP update for the host.

OPTIONS

       -h hostname     Create  a  new  public/secret  key pair for the privileged user at the given hostname. Prompts for a password for the given
                       hostname.

       -u username     Create a new public/secret key pair for the given username. Prompts for a password for the given username.

       -s nisplus      Update the database in the specified source: nisplus (for NIS+), nis (for NIS), files, or ldap (LDAP). Other sources may be
       -s nis          available in the future.
       -s files
       -s ldap

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       chkey(1), keylogin(1), nisaddcred(1M), nisclient(1M), nsswitch.conf(4), publickey(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

       NIS+  might  not  be  supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are
       available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html.

SunOS 5.10                                                          13 Nov 2003                                                         newkey(1M)