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(3N), nsswitch.conf(4)

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 6 Mar 1992