HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

publickey(4) 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, the NIS+ publickey map or user/host entries in 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 /etc/publickey

ﬁle contains a default entry for nobody.

Notes

LDAP can be used as the source for the public key database only if Enhanced Key Components is installed.

AUTHOR

publickey was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.