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.TH LSH-WRITEKEY 1 "NOVEMBER 2004" LSH-WRITEKEY "Lsh Manuals"
.SH NAME
lsh-writekey \- Keypair split/store handler. 
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lsh-writekey
[\fIOPTION\fR...]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B CAUTION! The information in this manpage may be invalid or outdated. For authorative
.B information on lsh, please see it's Texinfo manual (see the
.I SEE\ ALSO
.B section).

Splits a keypair in one private and one public file, optionally encrypting the
private file using a passphrase.


Common usage is to pipe the output from lsh-keygen into this program.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-crypto\fR=\fIAlgorithm\fR
Encryption algorithm for the private key file.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-iteration\-count\fR=\fIPKCS\fR#5 iteration count
Default is 1500
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-label\fR=\fIText\fR
Unencrypted label for the key.
.HP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\-file\fR=\fIFilename\fR Default is ~/.lsh/identity
.HP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-passphrase\fR=\fIPassword\fR
.TP
\fB\-\-server\fR
Use the server's seed-file, and change the default
output file to /etc/lsh_host_key'.
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
Print huge amounts of debug information
.TP
\fB\-\-log\-file\fR=\fIFile\fR name
Append messages to this file.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages
.TP
\fB\-\-trace\fR
Detailed trace
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Verbose diagnostic messages
.TP
-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
Give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
Give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.


.SH DIAGNOSTICS
See the 
.B --verbose
,
.B --trace
and 
.B --debug
options.

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-lsh@gnu.org>.





.SH COPYING
The lsh suite of programs is distributed under the GNU General Public
License; see the COPYING and AUTHORS files in the source distribution for
details.
.SH AUTHOR
The lsh program suite is written mainly by Niels M\[:o]ller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>.

This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult
<pont_lsh@soua.net>, it is based on a template written by
J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR DSA (5),
.BR lsh (1),
.BR lsh-authorize (1),
.BR lsh-decode-key (1),
.BR lsh-export-key (1),
.BR lsh-keygen (1),
.BR lsh-make-seed (1),
.BR lsh-upgrade (1),
.BR lsh-upgrade-key (1),
.BR lshd (8),
.BR secsh (5),
.BR SHA (5),
.BR SPKI (5),
.BR ssh-conv (1)

The full documentation for
.B lsh
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B lsh
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info lsh
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.