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| author | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-08-23 17:59:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-08-23 17:59:34 -0700 |
| commit | 655253c594a8b184fcf1bd250651c76ebadf105c (patch) | |
| tree | 26d2a8b3ee0bea6febd4664074d5b7f4e2ad031d /doc | |
| parent | 050a25e46533b50095f3a995c5e1929973e47299 (diff) | |
some formatting tweaks to the website.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README | 14 |
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@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ Monkeysphere User README ======================== You don't have to be an OpenSSH or OpenPGP expert to use the -Monkeysphere. However, you should be comfortable using secure shell and -you should already have GnuPG installed and an OpenPGP key pair before -you begin. +Monkeysphere. However, you should be comfortable using secure shell +(ssh), and you should already have GnuPG installed and an OpenPGP key +pair before you begin. As a regular user on a system where the monkeysphere package is installed, you probably want to do a few things: -Keeping your keyring up-to-date -------------------------------- + +Keep your keyring up-to-date +---------------------------- Regularly refresh your GnuPG keyring from the keyservers. This can be done with a simple cronjob. An example of crontab line to do this is: @@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ can establish that they are setup correctly. The remaining steps will complete the second half: allow servers to verify you based on your OpenPGP key. + Setting up an OpenPGP authentication key ---------------------------------------- @@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ gpg --list-secret-keys The first line (starting with sec) will include your key length followed by the type of key (e.g. 1024D) followed by a slash and then your keyid. + Using your OpenPGP authentication key for SSH --------------------------------------------- @@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ automatically everytime you login. FIXME: using the key with a single session? + Miscellaneous ------------- |