publickey(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual publickey(4)
NAME
publickey - public key database
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
is a local public key database that is used for secure RPC. The file can be used in conjunction with or instead of other publickey data-
bases, including the NIS publickey map, or entries in the LDAP directory. Each entry in the database consists of a network user name
(which may refer to either a user or a hostname), followed by the user's public key (in hex notation), a colon, and then the user's secret
key encrypted with a password (also in hex notation).
The file contains a default entry for
AUTHOR
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO
chkey(1), newkey(1M), getpublickey(3N), nsswitch.conf(4).
publickey(4)
