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9 .Nd create a new key in the publickey database
17 is normally run by the network administrator on the
18 Network Interface Service
20 master machine in order to establish public keys for
21 users and super-users on the network.
22 These keys are needed for using secure
28 will prompt for the login password of the given username and then
29 create a new public/secret key pair in
31 encrypted with the login password of the given user.
33 Use of this program is
34 not required: users may create their own keys using
37 .Bl -tag -width indent
39 Create a new public key for the super-user at the given hostname.
40 Prompts for the root password of the given hostname.
42 Create a new public key for the given username.
45 password of the given username.
53 The Network Information Service
55 was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages
57 The functionality of the two remains the same;
58 only the name has changed.