1.\" $FreeBSD$ 2.\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI; 3.Dd October 19, 1987 4.Dt PUBLICKEY 5 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm publickey 8.Nd "public key database" 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Pa /etc/publickey 11.Sh DESCRIPTION 12.Pa /etc/publickey 13is the public key database used for secure 14RPC (Remote Procedure Calls). 15Each entry in 16the database consists of a network user 17name (which may either refer to 18a user or a hostname), followed by the user's 19public key (in hex 20notation), a colon, and then the user's 21secret key encrypted with 22its login password (also in hex notation). 23.Pp 24This file is altered either by the user through the 25.Xr chkey 1 26command or by the system administrator through the 27.Xr newkey 8 28command. 29The file 30.Pa /etc/publickey 31should only contain data on the 32.Tn NIS 33master machine, where it 34is converted into the 35.Tn NIS 36database 37.Pa publickey.byname . 38.Sh SEE ALSO 39.Xr chkey 1 , 40.Xr publickey 3 , 41.Xr newkey 8 , 42.Xr ypupdated 8 43