NAME¶
iceauth - ICE authority file utility
SYNOPSIS¶
iceauth [
-f authfile ] [
-vqib ] [
command arg
... ]
DESCRIPTION¶
The
iceauth program is used to edit and display the authorization
information used in connecting with ICE. This program is usually used to
extract authorization records from one machine and merge them in on another
(as is the case when using remote logins or granting access to other users).
Commands (described below) may be entered interactively, on the
iceauth
command line, or in scripts.
OPTIONS¶
-f authfile Name of the authority file to use. Will default to
the file currently in use by the session.
-v Turns on extra messages (verbose mode)
-q Turns off extra messages (quiet mode)
-i Ignore the locks on the authority file
-b Break the locks on the authority file
-u Print basic usage instructions
USAGE¶
When
iceauth is run it will allow the following set of commands to be
entered interactively or in scripts.
?
List available commands.
help
Print help information. You may supply a command name to
help to get
specific information about it.
info
Print information about the entries in the authority file.
list
List (print) entries in the authority file. You may specify optional modifiers
as below to specify which entries are listed.
list [
protocol_name ] [
protocol_data ] [
netid ] [
authname ]
add
Add an entry to the authority file. This must be in the format
add protocol_name protocol_data netid
authname authdata
remove
Remove entries from the authority file.
remove [
protocol_name ] [
protocol_data ] [
netid ]
[
authname ]
extract
Extract entries from the authority file in to a destination file. You must
supply the path to the destination to this command as in the following format.
Optional specifiers allow you to narrow which entries are extracted.
extract filename [
protocol_name ] [
protocol_data ]
[
netid ] [
authname ]
merge
Merge entries from other files in to the authority file selected by the program.
You may supply any number of file paths to this command as follows:
merge filename1 [
filename2 ] [
filename3 ] ...
exit
Save changes and exit the program.
quit
Abort changes and exit the program without saving.
source
Read and execute commands from a file.
source filename
AUTHOR¶
Ralph Mor, X Consortium