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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/skey/skey.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/skey/skey.1 | 28 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/skey/skey.1 b/usr.bin/skey/skey.1 index 74a9a2dea76..494b72a5536 100644 --- a/usr.bin/skey/skey.1 +++ b/usr.bin/skey/skey.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: skey.1,v 1.23 2003/08/08 10:13:33 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: skey.1,v 1.24 2004/06/04 18:18:20 otto Exp $ .\" @(#)skey.1 1.1 10/28/93 .\" .Dd October 28, 1993 @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .Fl rmd160 .Oc .Op Fl n Ar count -.Op Fl p Ar passwd +.Op Fl p Ar passphrase <sequence#>[/] key .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm S/Key @@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ This implementation of .Nm S/Key is RFC 2289 compliant. .Pp +Before using +.Nm skey +the system needs to be initialized using +.Xr skeyinit 1 ; +this will establish a secret passphrase. +After that, one-time passwords can be generated using +.Nm skey , +which will prompt for the secret passphrase. +After a one-time password has been used to log in, it can no longer be used. +.Pp When .Nm skey is invoked as @@ -40,9 +50,9 @@ as the hash function where .Ar method is currently one of md4, md5, sha1, or rmd160. .Pp -If you misspell your password while running +If you misspell your secret passphrase while running .Nm skey , -you will get a list of passwords +you will get a list of one-time passwords that will not work, and no indication of the problem. .Pp Password sequence numbers count backwards. @@ -57,12 +67,12 @@ Prints out .Ar count one-time passwords. The default is to print one. -.It Fl p Ar password +.It Fl p Ar passphrase Uses -.Ar password -as the secret password. +.Ar passphrase +as the secret passphrase. Use of this option is discouraged as -your secret password could be visible in a process listing. +your secret passphrase could be visible in a process listing. .It Fl x Causes output to be in hexadecimal instead of ASCII. .It Fl md4 @@ -78,7 +88,7 @@ Selects RMD-160 (160 bit Ripe Message Digest) as the hash algorithm. .sp 0 % skey 99 th91334 .sp 0 - Enter secret password: <your secret password is entered here> + Enter secret passphrase: <your secret passphrase is entered here> .sp 0 OMEN US HORN OMIT BACK AHOY .sp 0 |