TARSNAP-KEYREGEN(1)TARSNAP-KEYREGEN(1)NAMEtarsnap-keyregen - generate a key file for use with tarsnap-recrypt(1)SYNOPSIStarsnap-keyregen--keyfile key-file --oldkey old-key-file --user user-
name --machine machine-name [--passphrased] [--passphrase-mem maxmem]
DESCRIPTIONtarsnap-keyregen generates a set of cryptographic keys which are com‐
patible with an existing set of cryptographic keys, registers with the
tarsnap server, and writes a key file for use with tarsnap-recrypt(1)
and tarsnap(1). The term Qq compatible here means that it is possible
to re-encrypt archives stored with the first set of keys to be stored
with the second set of keys.
The --keyfile, --user, --machine, and --oldkey parameters are all
required.
If the --passphrased option is specified, the user will be prompted to
enter a passphrase (twice) to be used to encrypt the key file.
If the --passphrase-mem maxmem option is specified, a maximum of maxmem
bytes of RAM will be used in the scrypt key derivation function to
encrypt the key file; it may be necessary to set this option if a key
file is being generated on a system with far more RAM than the system
on which the key file will be used.
January 23, 2011 TARSNAP-KEYREGEN(1)