NAME¶

shisa - Shishi database interface

SYNOPSIS¶

shisa [ OPTIONS]... [REALM [PRINCIPAL]]...

DESCRIPTION¶

shisa 1.0.2 Manipulate information stored in the Shisa user database.

-h, --help

Print help and exit

-V, --version

Print version and exit

Operations:¶

-a, --add

Add realm or principal to database.

-d, --dump

Dump entries in database.

-n, --key-add

Add new key to a principal in database.

--key-remove

Remove a key from a principal in database.

-l, --list

List entries in database.

-m, --modify

Modify principal entry in database.

-r, --remove

Remove realm or principal from database.

Parameters:¶

-f, --force

Allow removal of non-empty realms. (default=off)

--enabled

Only dump or list enabled principals. (default=off)

--disabled

Only dump or list disabled principals. (default=off)

--keys

Print cryptographic key and password in hostkey format. (default=off)

Values:¶

-E, --encryption-type=STRING

Override default key encryption type. Valid values include 'aes128', 'aes256', 'aes' (same as 'aes256'), '3des', 'des-md5', 'des-md4', 'des-crc', 'des' (same as 'des-md5'), and 'arcfour'.

--key-version=NUMBER

Version of key.

--password[=STRING]

Derive key from this password.

--priority=NUMBER

Specify key priority, used to differentiate between keys when multiple keys are eligible for use. Higher value means higher priority.

(default is 0, which mean a random key of

the best etype is chosen)

--random

Use a random key. (default)

--salt=STRING

Use specified salt for deriving key. Defaults to concatenation of realm and (unwrapped) principal name.

--string-to-key-parameter=HEX

Encryption algorithm specific parameter for

password derivation.

Currently only the AES

algorithm can utilize this, where it is interpreted as the iteration count of the PKCS#5 PBKDF2 key deriver.

Other options:¶

-o, --library-options=STRING

Parse string as configuration file statement.

-v, --verbose

Produce verbose output. (default=off)

-q, --quiet

Don't produce any diagnostic output. (default=off)

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

AUTHOR¶

Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to: bug-shishi@gnu.org GNU Shishi home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/shishi/> General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2013 Simon Josefsson. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for shisa is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and shisa programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info shishi

should give you access to the complete manual.