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diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 index 3ed43e1..345e1d8 100644 --- a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 +++ b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 @@ -56,24 +56,32 @@ ID, 1 if no matching keys were found at all, and 2 if matching keys were found but none were acceptable. `a' may be used in place of `update-authorized_keys'. .TP +.B import-subkey FILE [KEYID] +Import an existing ssh RSA key as an authentication subkey for a +private key in your GnuPG keyring. KEYID is the key ID for the +primary key for which the subkey with "authentication" capability will +be imported. If no key ID is specified, but only one key exists in +the secret keyring, that key will be used. `i' may be used in place +of `import-subkey'. +.TP .B gen-subkey [KEYID] Generate an authentication subkey for a private key in your GnuPG -keyring. For the primary key with the specified key ID, generate a -subkey with "authentication" capability that can be used for -monkeysphere transactions. An expiration length can be specified with -the `-e' or `--expire' option (prompt otherwise). If no key ID is +keyring. KEYID is the key ID for the primary key for which the subkey +with "authentication" capability will be generated. If no key ID is specified, but only one key exists in the secret keyring, that key -will be used. `g' may be used in place of `gen-subkey'. +will be used. The length of the generated key can be specified with +the `--length` or `-l` option. `g' may be used in place of +`gen-subkey'. .TP .B ssh-proxycommand -an ssh proxy command that can be used -to trigger a monkeysphere update of the ssh known_hosts file for a -host that is being connected to with ssh. This works by updating the -known_hosts file for the host first, before an attempted connection to -the host is made. Once the known_hosts file has been updated, a TCP -connection to the host is made by exec'ing netcat(1). Regular ssh -communication is then done over this netcat TCP connection (see -ProxyCommand in ssh_config(5) for more info). +An ssh ProxyCommand that can be used to trigger a monkeysphere update +of the ssh known_hosts file for a host that is being connected to with +ssh. This works by updating the known_hosts file for the host first, +before an attempted connection to the host is made. Once the +known_hosts file has been updated, a TCP connection to the host is +made by exec'ing netcat(1). Regular ssh communication is then done +over this netcat TCP connection (see ProxyCommand in ssh_config(5) for +more info). This command is meant to be run as the ssh "ProxyCommand". This can either be done by specifying the proxy command on the command line: @@ -108,9 +116,10 @@ change in the future, possibly by adding a deferred check, so that hosts that go from non-monkeysphere-enabled to monkeysphere-enabled will be properly checked. -Setting the MONKEYSPHERE_CHECK_KEYSERVER -variable (to `true' or `false') will override the keyserver-checking policy -defined above. +Setting the CHECK_KEYSERVER variable in the config file or the +MONKEYSPHERE_CHECK_KEYSERVER environment variable to either `true' or +`false' will override the keyserver-checking policy defined above and +either always or never check the keyserver for host key updates. .TP .B subkey-to-ssh-agent [ssh-add arguments] |