- .TH MONKEYSPHERE "1" "June 2008" "monkeysphere 0.1" "User Commands"
- .SH NAME
- monkeysphere \- MonkeySphere client user interface
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B monkeysphere \fIcommand\fP [\fIargs\fP]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- MonkeySphere is a system to leverage the OpenPGP Web of Trust for ssh
- authentication and encryption. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG,
- and added to the ssh authorized_keys and known_hosts files to be used
- for authentication and encryption of ssh connection.
- \fBmonkeysphere\fP is the MonkeySphere client utility.
- .PD
- .SH SUBCOMMANDS
- \fBmonkeysphere\fP takes various subcommands:
- .TP
- .B update-known_hosts [HOST]...
- Update the known_hosts file. For each specified host, gpg will be
- queried for a key associated with the host URI (see HOST URIs),
- querying a keyserver if none is found in the user's keychain. search
- for a gpg key for the host in the Web of Trust. If a key is found, it
- will be added to the host_keys cache (see KEY CACHES) and any ssh keys
- for the host will be removed from the user's known_hosts file. If the
- found key is acceptable (see KEY ACCEPTABILITY), then the host's gpg
- key will be added to the known_hosts file. If no gpg key is found for
- the host, then nothing is done. If no hosts are specified, all hosts
- listed in the known_hosts file will be processed. `k' may be used in
- place of `update-known_hosts'.
- .TP
- .B update-userids [USERID]...
- Add/update a userid in the authorized_user_ids file. The user IDs
- specified should be exact matches to OpenPGP user IDs. For each
- specified user ID, gpg will be queried for a key associated with that
- user ID, querying a keyserver if none is found in the user's keychain.
- If a key is found, it will be added to the user_keys cache (see KEY
- CACHES) and the user ID will be added to the user's
- authorized_user_ids file (if it wasn't already present).
- .TP
- .B update-authorized_keys
- Update the monkeysphere authorized_keys file. The monkeysphere
- authorized_keys file will be regenerated from the valid keys in the
- user_key cache, and the user's independently controlled
- authorized_keys file (usually ~/.ssh/authorized_keys).
- .TP
- .B gen-ae-subkey KEYID
- Generate an `ae` capable subkey. For the primary key with the
- specified key ID, generate a subkey with "authentication" and
- "encryption" capability that can be used for MonkeySphere
- transactions.
- .TP
- .B help
- Output a brief usage summary. `h' or `?' may be used in place of
- `help'.
- .PD
- .SH KEY ACCEPTABILITY
- GPG keys are considered acceptable if the following criteria are met:
- .PD
- .TP
- .B capability
- The key must have both the "authentication" and "encrypt" capability
- flags.
- .TP
- .B validity
- The key must be "fully" valid, and must not be expired or revoked.
- .PD
- .SH KEY CACHES
- Monkeysphere keeps track of keys in key cache directories. The files
- in the cache are named with the format "USERID_HASH.PUB_KEY_ID", where
- USERID_HASH is a hash of the exact OpenPGP user ID, and PUB_KEY_ID is
- the key ID of the primary key. If the user/key ID combo exists in the
- Web of Trust but is not acceptable, then the file is empty. If the
- primary key has at least one acceptable sub key, then an ssh-style
- key, converted from the OpenPGP key, of all acceptable subkeys will be
- stored in the cache file, one per line. known_hosts style key lines
- will be stored in the host_keys cache files, and authorized_keys style
- key lines will be stored in the user_keys cache files. OpenPGP keys
- are converted to ssh-style keys with the openpgp2ssh utility (see `man
- openpgp2ssh').
- .PD
- .SH FILES
- .PD 1
- .TP
- ~/.config/monkeysphere/monkeysphere.conf
- User monkeysphere config file.
- .TP
- /etc/monkeysphere/monkeysphere.conf
- System-wide monkeysphere config file.
- .TP
- ~/.config/monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids
- GPG user IDs associated with keys that will be checked for addition to
- the authorized_keys file.
- .TP
- ~/.config/monkeysphere/authorized_keys
- Monkeysphere generated authorized_keys file.
- .TP
- ~/.config/monkeysphere/user_keys
- User keys cache directory.
- .TP
- ~/.config/monkeysphere/host_keys
- Host keys cache directory.
- .PD
- .SH AUTHOR
- Written by Jameson Rollins <jrollins@fifthhorseman.net>
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .BR ssh (1),
- .BR gpg (1),
- .BR monkeysphere-server (8)
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