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create-munge-key

CREATE_MUNGE_KEY(8)					    MUNGE Uid 'N' Gid Emporium					       CREATE_MUNGE_KEY(8)

NAME

       create-munge-key - Create munge key

SYNOPSIS

       create-munge-key [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       The create-munge-key script creates a cryptographic key for munge(8) authentication service

OPTIONS

       -h     Display a summary of the command-line options.

       -r     specify /dev/random as random file for key generation default is /dev/urandom which provide a worst entropy

       -f     Force overwriting existing old key

EXIT STATUS

       The  create-munge-key  returns  a  zero exit code when the key is successfully created.	On error, it prints an error message to stderr and
       returns a non-zero exit code.

AUTHOR

       Gennaro Oliva <oliva.g@na.icar.cnr.it>

SEE ALSO

       remunge(1), unmunge(1), munge(3), munge_ctx(3), munge_enum(3), munge(7), munged(8).

       http://munge.googlecode.com/

MUNGE
								    2007-03-17						       CREATE_MUNGE_KEY(8)

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