2 .\" @(#)publickey.5 2.1 88/08/07 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.6 88/02/29 SMI;
8 .Nd "public key database"
13 is the public key database used for secure
14 RPC (Remote Procedure Calls).
16 the database consists of a network user
17 name (which may either refer to
18 a user or a hostname), followed by the user's
20 notation), a colon, and then the user's
21 secret key encrypted with
22 its login password (also in hex notation).
24 This file is altered either by the user through the
26 command or by the system administrator through the
31 should only contain data on the
33 master machine, where it
37 .Pa publickey.byname .