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.\" $OpenBSD$

.\"

.Dd 17 June 2001

.Dd May 16, 2002

.Dt SKEYINFO 1

.Os

.Sh NAME

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.Nd obtain the next S/Key challenge for a user

.Sh SYNOPSIS

.Nm skeyinfo

.Op Fl a Ar auth-type

.Op Fl v

.Op Ar user

.Sh DESCRIPTION

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current user if no user is specified.

.Pp

The options are as follows:

.Bl -tag -width auth-typeXXXX

.Bl -tag -width Ds

.It Fl a Ar auth-type

Specify an authentication type instead of the default

.Dq skey .

This can be used to get a challenge for a challenge/response authentication

mechanism other than S/Key, or if a remote S/Key server is in use.

Note that this will cause an error if the selected type

does not support challenge/response style authentication.

.It Fl v

Print the hash algorithm as well.

.El

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.Pp

This would print out a list of S/Key passwords for use over

an untrusted network (perhaps for use at a conference).

.Sh ERRORS

.Bl -tag -width Ds

.It cannot open /etc/skey/user

The user does not have an entry in

.Pa /etc/skey

or access to the S/Key database has been disabled.

The database can be enabled with the

.Xr skeyinit 1

program.

.It user is not listed in /etc/skey

The S/Key database is enabled but the user does not have an entry in it.

The

.Xr skeyinit 1

program can be used to create an entry for the user.

.El

.Sh FILES

.Bl -tag -width /etc/skey

.It Pa /etc/skey

directory containing user entries for S/Key

.El

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr skey 1 ,

.Xr skeyinit 1

.Sh CAVEATS

If the user does not have an entry in the S/Key database a fake

challenge will be printed.