X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Famcrypt.8;h=f0f201f37ceccd7c0be9d7191dfd2d760db549e8;hb=d28952249e392eb31bc8eecc53f6c477f30c617b;hp=649fc819568f5726c34d27d1e698368ff908f468;hpb=12179dea039515c06168c0037d048566a3f623de;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/amcrypt.8 b/man/amcrypt.8 index 649fc81..f0f201f 100644 --- a/man/amcrypt.8 +++ b/man/amcrypt.8 @@ -1,70 +1,83 @@ -.\"Generated by db2man.xsl. Don't modify this, modify the source. -.de Sh \" Subsection -.br -.if t .Sp -.ne 5 -.PP -\fB\\$1\fR -.PP -.. -.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) -.if t .sp .5v -.if n .sp -.. -.de Ip \" List item -.br -.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 -.el .ne 3 -.IP "\\$1" \\$2 -.. -.TH "AMCRYPT" 8 "" "" "" +'\" t +.\" Title: amcrypt +.\" Author: Kevin Till +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 +.\" Date: 01/10/2013 +.\" Manual: System Administration Commands +.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3 +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "AMCRYPT" "8" "01/10/2013" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.3" "System Administration Commands" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" -amcrypt - reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption +amcrypt \- reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption .SH "SYNOPSIS" -.HP 8 +.HP \w'\fBamcrypt\fR\ 'u \fBamcrypt\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP + \fBamcrypt\fR requires \fBaespipe\fR, \fBuuencode\fR and \fBgpg\fR -to work. Aespipe is available from +to work\&. Aespipe is available from : http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net .PP + +\fBamcrypt\fR +will search for the aespipe program in the following directories: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin\&. +.PP + \fBamcrypt\fR -will search for the aespipe program in the following directories: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin. -\fBamcrypt\fR calls \fBamaespipe\fR and pass the -\fBpassphrase\fR through file descriptor 3. -The passphrase should be stored in ~amanda/.am_passphrase. +calls +\fBamaespipe\fR +and pass the +\fBpassphrase\fR +through file descriptor 3\&. The passphrase should be stored in ~amanda/\&.am_passphrase\&. .SH "HOW TO CREATE ENCRYPTION KEYS FOR AMCRYPT" - -1. Create 65 random encryption keys and encrypt those keys using gpg. Reading -from /dev/random may take indefinitely long if kernel's random entropy pool -is empty. If that happens, do some other work on some other console (use -keyboard, mouse and disks). .PP -head -c 2925 /dev/random | uuencode -m - | head -n 66 | tail -n 65 \ | gpg --symmetric -a > ~amanda/.gnupg/am_key.gpg +1\&. Create 65 random encryption keys and encrypt those keys using gpg\&. Reading from /dev/random may take indefinitely long if kernel\*(Aqs random entropy pool is empty\&. If that happens, do some other work on some other console (use keyboard, mouse and disks)\&. .PP -This will ask for a passphrase. Remember this passphrase as you will need it in the next step. +head \-c 2925 /dev/random | uuencode \-m \- | head \-n 66 | tail \-n 65 \e | gpg \-\-symmetric \-a > ~amanda/\&.gnupg/am_key\&.gpg .PP -2. Store the passphrase inside the home-directory of the AMANDA-user and protect it with proper permissions: +This will ask for a passphrase\&. Remember this passphrase as you will need it in the next step\&. +.PP +2\&. Store the passphrase inside the home\-directory of the AMANDA\-user and protect it with proper permissions: .nf - -echo my_secret_passphrase > ~amanda/.am_passphrase -chown amanda:disk ~amanda/.am_passphrase -chmod 700 ~amanda/.am_passphrase +echo my_secret_passphrase > ~amanda/\&.am_passphrase +chown amanda:disk ~amanda/\&.am_passphrase +chmod 700 ~amanda/\&.am_passphrase .fi .SH "KEY AND PASSPHRASE" .PP -\fBamcrypt\fR -uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt data. -It is very important to store and protect the key and the passphrase -properly. Encrypted backup data can \fBonly\fR be recovered with the correct key and -passphrase. +\fBamcrypt\fR +uses the same key to encrypt and decrypt data\&. +.PP +It is very important to store and protect the key and the passphrase properly\&. Encrypted backup data can +\fBonly\fR +be recovered with the correct key and passphrase\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBamanda\fR(8), @@ -72,4 +85,12 @@ passphrase. \fBaespipe\fR(1), \fBamaespipe\fR(8), \fBgpg\fR(1) - +.PP +The Amanda Wiki: +: http://wiki.zmanda.com/ +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +\fBKevin Till\fR <\&kevin\&.till@zmanda\&.com\&> +.RS 4 +Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com) +.RE