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authorJameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu>2008-07-20 23:19:44 -0700
committerJameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu>2008-07-20 23:19:44 -0700
commitc3ed6920551ca86defe76f4d2f629062d66a0dae (patch)
tree78dab2050b0ebf88fd3b0395e69cff6483ba346d /man/man8
parent7afba903dd5b325b3a65e01c7a446e62eef7f4a1 (diff)
couple small tweaks to man page
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-rw-r--r--man/man8/monkeysphere-server.834
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/monkeysphere-server.8 b/man/man8/monkeysphere-server.8
index e9784b6..79832a2 100644
--- a/man/man8/monkeysphere-server.8
+++ b/man/man8/monkeysphere-server.8
@@ -91,18 +91,19 @@ $ monkeysphere-server gen-key
To enable host verification via the monkeysphere, you must then
publish the host's key to the Web of Trust using the \fBpublish-key\fP
-command to push the key to a keyserver. Then modify the sshd_config
-to tell sshd where the new server host key is located:
+command to push the key to a keyserver. You must also modify the
+sshd_config on the server to tell sshd where the new server host key
+is located:
HostKey /var/lib/monkeysphere/ssh_host_rsa_key
In order for users logging into the system to be able to verify the
-host via the monkeysphere, at least one person (i.e. a server admin)
-will need to sign the host's key. This is done in the same way that
-key signing is usually done, by pulling the host's key from the
-keyserver, signing the key, and re-publishing the signature. Once
-that is done, users logging into the host will be able to certify the
-host's key via the signature of the host admin.
+host via the monkeysphere, at least one person (e.g. a server admin)
+will need to sign the host's key. This is done using standard key
+signing techniquies, usually by pulling the key from the keyserver,
+signing the key, and re-publishing the signature. Once that is done,
+users logging into the host will be able to certify the host's key via
+the signature of the host admin.
If the server will also handle user authentication through
monkeysphere-generated authorized_keys files, the server must be told
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ which keys will act as user certifiers. This is done with the
$ monkeysphere-server add-certifier KEYID
where KEYID is the key ID of the server admin, or whoever's signature
-will be certifying users to the system. Certifiers can be later
-remove with the \fBremove-certifier\fP command, and listed with the
+will be certifying users to the system. Certifiers can be removed
+with the \fBremove-certifier\fP command, and listed with the
\fBlist-certifiers\fP command.
Remote user's will then be granted access to a local user account
@@ -125,15 +126,16 @@ the monkeysphere-server.conf file.
The \fBupdate-users\fP command can then be used to generate
authorized_keys file for local users based on the authorized user IDs
-listed in the user's authorized_user_ids file:
+listed in the various local user's authorized_user_ids file:
$ monkeysphere-server update-users USER
-sshd can then use these files to grant access to user accounts for
-remote users. If no user is specified, authorized_keys files will be
-generated for all users on the system. You must also tell sshd to
-look at the monkeysphere-generated authorized_keys file for user
-authentication by setting the following in the sshd_config:
+Not specifying a specific user will cause all users on the system to
+updated. sshd can then use these monkeysphere generated
+authorized_keys files to grant access to user accounts for remote
+users. You must also tell sshd to look at the monkeysphere-generated
+authorized_keys file for user authentication by setting the following
+in the sshd_config:
AuthorizedKeysFile /var/lib/monkeysphere/authorized_keys/%u