keylogin(1bnu)

keylogin -- decrypt and store secret key

Synopsis

keylogin

Description

The keylogin command prompts for a password, and uses it to decrypt the user's secret key stored in the publickey(4bnu) database. Once decrypted, the user's key is stored by the local key server process (keyserv(1Mbnu)) to be used by any secure network service.

References

chkey(1bnu), keylogout(1bnu), keyserv(1Mbnu), newkey(1Mbnu), publickey(4bnu)