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authorOtto Moerbeek <otto@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-06-04 18:18:21 +0000
committerOtto Moerbeek <otto@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-06-04 18:18:21 +0000
commit58943df4db7fdb79f4b0b3de290e9a112fd34610 (patch)
tree1517737b0648dcb1d09b55440470fdd23ba66dd5 /usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.1
parentc3a0c197ecd464d5094c3efd7267388ece4e0c95 (diff)
Consistently use "secret passphrase" for the passphrase made up by the user
and "one-time password" for the generated passwords. ok jmc@ millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.113
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.1 b/usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.1
index 6ebe845f013..4195428ed0d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.1
+++ b/usr.bin/skeyinit/skeyinit.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: skeyinit.1,v 1.26 2003/06/10 09:12:11 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: skeyinit.1,v 1.27 2004/06/04 18:18:20 otto Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: skeyinit.1,v 1.4 1995/07/07 22:24:09 jtc Exp $
.\" @(#)skeyinit.1 1.1 10/28/93
.\"
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
initializes the system so you can use S/Key one-time passwords to login.
-The program will ask you to enter a secret pass phrase;
+The program will ask you to enter a secret passphrase which is used by
+.Xr skey 1
+to generate one-time passwords;
enter a phrase of several words in response.
After the S/Key database
has been updated you can login using either your regular password
or using S/Key one-time passwords.
.Pp
.Nm
-requires you to type a secret password, so it should be used
+requires you to type a secret passphrase, so it should be used
only on a secure terminal.
For example, on the console of a
workstation or over an encrypted network session.
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ machine to generate the first one-time password.
Without the
.Fl s
option the system will assume you are directly connected over secure
-communications and prompt you for your secret password.
+communications and prompt you for your secret passphrase.
The
.Fl s
option also allows one to set the seed and count for complete
@@ -114,10 +116,9 @@ defeats the purpose of using
.Dq secure
mode.
.It Fl x
-Displays pass phrase in hexadecimal instead of ASCII.
+Displays one-time password in hexadecimal instead of ASCII.
.It Fl a Ar auth-type
Specify an authentication type such as
-.Dq krb4 ,
.Dq krb5
or
.Dq passwd .