use /usr/bin/env to call perl in keytrans shebang.

[monkeysphere.git] / src / share / keytrans

diff --git a/src/share/keytrans b/src/share/keytrans
index 8bf17fb2df6b2a2a212b1af218eac6eaad8d70d8..d9830f40fa2692b9fc5b81bf9adc30e8c3118a66 100755 (executable)
--- a/src/share/keytrans
+++ b/src/share/keytrans
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w -T
+#!/usr/bin/env perl -w -T
+
+# keytrans: this is an RSA key translation utility; it is capable of
+# transforming RSA keys (both public keys and secret keys) between
+# several popular representations, including OpenPGP, PEM-encoded
+# PKCS#1 DER, and OpenSSH-style public key lines.
+
+# How it behaves depends on the name under which it is invoked.  The
+# two implementations currently are: pem2openpgp and openpgp2ssh.
+
+
 
 # pem2openpgp: take a PEM-encoded RSA private-key on standard input, a
 # User ID as the first argument, and generate an OpenPGP secret key
@@ -12,6 +22,23 @@
 
 # pem2openpgp 'ssh://'$(hostname -f) < /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key | gpg --import
 
+
+
+
+# openpgp2ssh: take a stream of OpenPGP packets containing public or
+# secret key material on standard input, and a Key ID (or fingerprint)
+# as the first argument.  Find the matching key in the input stream,
+# and emit it on stdout in an OpenSSH-compatible format.  If the input
+# key is an OpenPGP public key (either primary or subkey), the output
+# will be an OpenSSH single-line public key.  If the input key is an
+# OpenPGP secret key, the output will be a PEM-encoded RSA key.
+
+# Example usage:
+
+# gpg --export-secret-subkeys --export-options export-reset-subkey-passwd $KEYID | \
+#  openpgp2ssh $KEYID | ssh-add /dev/stdin
+
+
 # Authors:
 #  Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>
 #  Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>