X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fman1%2Fopenpgp2ssh.1;h=304a442577b3f60e3765737b999a8d87688bda8c;hb=17315937bc0af145ef7dfb749096faad49f208aa;hp=89df0473fd31200c53a8694d563acd76d71edc2d;hpb=91f880160dba51966ca8940fd42fcd6c8a268c5a;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1 b/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1 index 89df047..304a442 100644 --- a/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1 +++ b/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" -*- nroff -*- -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 11, 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 1, 2009 $ .Dt OPENPGP2SSH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ openpgp2ssh .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm openpgp2ssh < mykey.gpg .Pp -.Nm gpg --export $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID +.Nm gpg \-\-export $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID .Pp -.Nm gpg --export-secret-key $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID +.Nm gpg \-\-export\-secret\-key $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm takes an OpenPGP-formatted primary key and associated @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ fingerprint of the key or subkey desired, but will accept as few as the last 8 digits of the fingerprint as a key ID. .Pp -If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA or DSA public key, it will be -converted to the OpenSSH-style single-line keystring, prefixed with -the key type. This format is suitable (with minor alterations) for +If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA public key, it will be converted +to the OpenSSH-style single-line keystring, prefixed with the key type +(`ssh\-rsa'). This format is suitable (with minor alterations) for insertion into known_hosts files and authorized_keys files. .Pp -If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA or DSA secret key, it will be -converted to the equivalent PEM-encoded private key. +If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA secret key, it will be converted +to the equivalent PEM-encoded private key. .Pp .Nm is part of the @@ -47,24 +47,19 @@ intentional, since ssh attaches no inherent significance to these features. .Pp .Nm -only works with RSA or DSA keys, because those are the -only ones which work with ssh. -.Pp -Assuming a valid key type, though, -.Nm -will produce output for -any requested key. This means, among other things, that it will -happily export revoked keys, unverifiable keys, expired keys, etc. -Make sure you do your own key validation before using this tool! +will produce output for any requested RSA key. This means, among +other things, that it will happily export revoked keys, unverifiable +keys, expired keys, etc. Make sure you do your own key validation +before using this tool! .Sh EXAMPLES -.Nm gpg --export-secret-key $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID | ssh-add -c /dev/stdin +.Nm gpg \-\-export\-secret\-key $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID | ssh\-add \-c /dev/stdin .Pp This pushes the secret key into the active -.Xr ssh-agent 1 . +.Xr ssh\-agent 1 . Tools such as .Xr ssh 1 which know how to talk to the -.Xr ssh-agent 1 +.Xr ssh\-agent 1 can now rely on the key. .Sh AUTHOR .Nm @@ -72,25 +67,28 @@ and this man page were written by Daniel Kahn Gillmor . .Sh BUGS .Nm +only works with RSA keys. DSA keys are the only other key type +available in both OpenPGP and SSH, but they are currently unsupported +by this utility. +.Pp +.Nm +only accepts raw OpenPGP packets on standard input. It does not +accept ASCII-armored input. +.Nm Currently only exports into formats used by the OpenSSH. It should support other key output formats, such as those used by -lsh(1) and putty(1). +.Xr lsh 1 +and +.Xr putty 1 . .Pp Secret key output is currently not passphrase-protected. .Pp .Nm currently cannot handle passphrase-protected secret keys on input. -.Pp -Key identifiers consisting of an odd number of hex digits are not -accepted. Users who use a key ID with a standard length of 8, 16, or -40 hex digits should not be affected by this. -.Pp -.Nm -only acts on keys associated with the first primary key -passed in. If you send it more than one primary key, it will silently -ignore later ones. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pem2openpgp 1 , .Xr monkeysphere 1 , .Xr monkeysphere 7 , .Xr ssh 1 , -.Xr monkeysphere-server 8 +.Xr monkeysphere-authentication 8 , +.Xr monkeysphere-host 8