opensolaris man page for publickey

publickey(4)							   File Formats 						      publickey(4)

NAME
       publickey - public key database

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/publickey

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/publickey  is   a  local  public key database that is used for secure RPC. The  /etc/publickey file can be used in conjunction with or
       instead of other publickey databases, including the NIS publickey map and the NIS+ publickey map.  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 /etc/publickey file contains a default entry for nobody.

SEE ALSO
       chkey(1), newkey(1M), getpublickey(3NSL), nsswitch.conf(4)

SunOS 5.11							    6 Mar 1992							      publickey(4)