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-.TH "AMCRYPT" 8 "" "" ""
+.\" Title: amcrypt
+.\" Author:
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+.\" Date: 05/14/2008
+.\" Manual:
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+.TH "AMCRYPT" "8" "05/14/2008" "" ""
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
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+.ad l
.SH "NAME"
amcrypt - reference crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBamcrypt\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
+
\fBamcrypt\fR
requires
\fBaespipe\fR,
\fBuuencode\fR
and
\fBgpg\fR
-to work. Aespipe is available from
-: http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net
+to work\. Aespipe is available from
+\fI\%http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net\fR
.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.
-.SH "HOW TO CREATE ENCRYPTION KEYS FOR AMCRYPT"
+will search for the aespipe program in the following directories: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin\.
+.PP
-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).
+\fBamcrypt\fR
+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"
+.PP
+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
+head \-c 2925 /dev/random | uuencode \-m \- | head \-n 66 | tail \-n 65 \e | gpg \-\-symmetric \-a > ~amanda/\.gnupg/am_key\.gpg
.PP
-This will ask for a passphrase. Remember this passphrase as you will need it in the next step.
+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:
+2\. Store the passphrase inside the home\-directory of the AMANDA\-user and protect it with proper permissions:
+.sp
+.RS 4
.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
+.RE
.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),
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
\fBaespipe\fR(1),
\fBamaespipe\fR(8),
-\fBgpg\fR(1)
-
+\fBgpg\fR(1),
+\fI\%http://wiki.zmanda.com\fR
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