X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fman1%2Fmonkeysphere.1;h=9cdf0fc3542307cfffe4ba098a0e5aa5e5ed3793;hb=14472b4712fba73c1e3a3b70fb62f33c5afe7739;hp=30e35bba3a5fc7732b52bae70ee3b5935ba77ff6;hpb=3a6f611a52d56b919b8c50a6e1700af43ff49578;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 index 30e35bb..9cdf0fc 100644 --- a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 +++ b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ monkeysphere \- MonkeySphere client user interface .SH DESCRIPTION -MonkeySphere is a system to leverage the OpenPGP Web of Trust for ssh -authentication and encryption. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG, -and added to the ssh authorized_keys and known_hosts files to be used -for authentication of ssh connections. +\fBMonkeySphere\fP is a system to leverage the OpenPGP Web of Trust +for ssh authentication. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG, and added +to the ssh authorized_keys and known_hosts files to be used for +authentication of ssh connections. \fBmonkeysphere\fP is the MonkeySphere client utility. @@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ from the user's known_hosts file. If the found key is acceptable (see KEY ACCEPTABILITY), then the key will be updated and re-added to the known_hosts file. If no gpg key is found for the host, then nothing is done. If no hosts are specified, all hosts listed in the -known_hosts file will be processed. `k' may be used in place of +known_hosts file will be processed. This command will exit with a +status of 0 if all host were found to be acceptable, 2 if all the +hosts were found to be unacceptable (ie. with keys removed from the +known_hosts file), and 1 otherwise. `k' may be used in place of `update-known_hosts'. .TP .B update-authorized_keys @@ -41,8 +44,11 @@ key is found, it will be converted to an ssh key, and any matching ssh keys will be removed from the user's authorized_keys file. If the found key is acceptable (see KEY ACCEPTABILITY), then the key will be updated and re-added to the authorized_keys file. If no gpg key is -found for the user ID, then nothing is done. `a' may be used in place -of `update-authorized_keys'. +found for the user ID, then nothing is done. This command will exit +with a status of 0 if all user IDs were found to be acceptable, 2 if +all the user IDs were found to be unacceptable (ie. with keys removed +from the authorized_keys file), and 1 otherwise. `a' may be used in +place of `update-authorized_keys'. .TP .B gen-subkey KEYID Generate an `a` capable subkey. For the primary key with the @@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ Output a brief usage summary. `h' or `?' may be used in place of .SH HOST URIs Host OpenPGP keys have associated user IDs that use the ssh URI -specification for the host, ie. "ssh://host.full.domain". +specification for the host, ie. "ssh://host.full.domain[:port]". .SH KEY ACCEPTABILITY @@ -67,7 +73,8 @@ GPG keys are considered acceptable if the following criteria are met: The key must have the "authentication" ("a") usage flag set. .TP .B validity -The key must be "fully" valid, and must not be expired or revoked. +The key must be "fully" valid (ie. signed by a trusted certifier), and +must not be expired or revoked. .SH FILES