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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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