.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/rpc/publickey.5,v 1.5 2000/03/02 09:13:46 sheldonh Exp $
.\" @(#)publickey.5	2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI;
.TH PUBLICKEY 5 "19 October 1987"
.SH NAME
publickey \- public key database
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/publickey
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.B /etc/publickey
is the public key database used for secure
networking.
Each entry in
the database consists of a network user
name (which may either refer to
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
its login password (also in hex notation).
.LP
This file is altered either by the user through the
.BR chkey (1)
command or by the system administrator through the
.BR newkey (8)
command.
The file
.B /etc/publickey
should only contain data on the NIS master machine, where it
is converted into the
.SM NIS
database
.BR publickey.byname .
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR chkey (1),
.BR publickey (3R),
.BR newkey (8),
.BR ypupdated (8C)