X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Famcryptsimple.8;h=86c50f303dd23084944651825f7881a44fb9c234;hb=d28952249e392eb31bc8eecc53f6c477f30c617b;hp=973673140e204e9b667f6dbd2543550a307978cb;hpb=d74dc4d908fcbc1a4ef474edaf51e61ec90eab6b;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/amcryptsimple.8 b/man/amcryptsimple.8 index 9736731..86c50f3 100644 --- a/man/amcryptsimple.8 +++ b/man/amcryptsimple.8 @@ -1,13 +1,22 @@ '\" t .\" Title: amcryptsimple .\" Author: Kevin Till -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 -.\" Date: 04/10/2009 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 +.\" Date: 01/10/2013 .\" Manual: System Administration Commands -.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p1 +.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.3 .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "AMCRYPTSIMPLE" "8" "04/10/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p1" "System Administration Commands" +.TH "AMCRYPTSIMPLE" "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 .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -19,46 +28,39 @@ .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" -amcryptsimple \- reference simple crypt program for \fIAmanda\fR symmetric data encryption +amcryptsimple \- reference simple crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\fBamcryptsimple\fR\ 'u -\fBamcryptsimple\fR to be called by \fIAmanda\fR only +\fBamcryptsimple\fR to be called by Amanda only .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBamcryptsimple\fR calls \fBgpg\fR -to perform symmetric data encryption on -\fIAmanda\fR -backup\&. +to perform symmetric data encryption on Amanda backup\&. \fBamcryptsimple\fR will search for the gpg program in the following directories: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin .PP \fBamcryptsimple\fR -uses one passphrase to encrypt the -\fIAmanda\fR -data and uses the same passphrase to decrypt the -\fIAmanda\fR -backup data\&. +uses one passphrase to encrypt the Amanda data and uses the same passphrase to decrypt the Amanda backup data\&. \fBamcryptsimple\fR uses AES256 as the symmetric cipher\&. .SH "HOW TO CREATE PASSPHRASE" - - -Store the passphrase inside the home\-directory of the AMANDA\-user($amanda_user) and protect it with proper permissions: - - echo my_secret_passphrase > ~$amanda_user/\&.am_passphrase - chown $amanda_user:disk ~$amanda_user/\&.am_passphrase - chmod 700 ~$amanda_user/\&.am_passphrase +.PP +Store the passphrase inside the home\-directory of the Amanda user ($amanda_user) and protect it with proper permissions: +.sp +.nf +echo my_secret_passphrase > ~$amanda_user/\&.am_passphrase +chown $amanda_user:disk ~$amanda_user/\&.am_passphrase +chmod 700 ~$amanda_user/\&.am_passphrase +.fi .SH "NOTES" .PP Choose a good passphrase and protect it properly\&. Backup data can only be restored with the passphrase\&. There is no backdoor\&. .PP -If storing and securing passphrase in your environment presents challenges, -\fIAmanda\fR -provide public\-key data encryption through +If storing and securing passphrase in your environment presents challenges, Amanda provide public\-key data encryption through \fBamgpgcrypt\fR\&. Public\-key encryption uses the public key to encrypt and uses the private key to decrypt\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP @@ -67,8 +69,10 @@ provide public\-key data encryption through \fBamcrypt\fR(8), \fBamgpgcrypt\fR(8), \fBamrestore\fR(8), -\fBgpg\fR(1), -: http://wiki.zmanda.com +\fBgpg\fR(1) +.PP +The Amanda Wiki: +: http://wiki.zmanda.com/ .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBKevin Till\fR <\&kevin\&.till@zmanda\&.com\&>