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author | Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net> | 2013-10-25 20:45:37 -0200 |
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committer | Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net> | 2013-10-25 20:45:37 -0200 |
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diff --git a/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn b/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn index e4713bd..d77fb92 100644 --- a/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn +++ b/share/man/keyringer.1.mdwn @@ -32,28 +32,28 @@ Keyringer has three types of actions: 2. Secret manipulation actions. 3. Configuration actions. -## REPOSITORY LOOKUP AND MANIPULATION ACTIONS +# REPOSITORY LOOKUP AND MANIPULATION ACTIONS init <*path*> [*remote*] -: Initialize a new keyringer repository. If a *remote* URL is specified, keyringer will - clone an existing repository. +: Initialize a new keyringer repository. If a *remote* URL is specified, keyringer will + clone an existing repository. - After initialization, *path* will contain a folder structure for storing secrets - and metadata (user aka recipients, groups of recipients, etc). + After initialization, *path* will contain a folder structure for storing secrets + and metadata (user aka recipients, groups of recipients, etc). - Also, an entry on `$HOME/.keyringer/config` will be added allowing keyringer to - find the keyring by it's alias. + Also, an entry on `$HOME/.keyringer/config` will be added allowing keyringer to + find the keyring by it's alias. git <*action*> <*options*> -: Git wrapper that operates from the toplevel keyring repository. You can issue any - *GIT(1)* subcommand with this action that it will be applied into the keyring repository. +: Git wrapper that operates from the toplevel keyring repository. You can issue any + *GIT(1)* subcommand with this action that it will be applied into the keyring repository. ls <*path*> -: List contents from the toplevel repository *keys* folder or from relative paths - if *path* is specified. Like the git wrapper, this is a wrapper around the *LS(1)* - command. +: List contents from the toplevel repository *keys* folder or from relative paths + if *path* is specified. Like the git wrapper, this is a wrapper around the *LS(1)* + command. -## SECRET MANIPULATION ACTIONS +# SECRET MANIPULATION ACTIONS All secret manipulation actions operates upon a *secret* which is the pathname of an encrypted file relative to keyring with optional `.asc` extension. @@ -68,127 +68,127 @@ Instead, the user has to manually commit the changes using the git wrapper action. append <*secret*> -: Append contents into a secret by decrypting the secret, appending lines read - from the standard input and encrypting again. +: Append contents into a secret by decrypting the secret, appending lines read + from the standard input and encrypting again. append-batch <*secret*> -: Append contents into a secret, batch mode. +: Append contents into a secret, batch mode. decrypt <*secret*> -: Decrypts a secret into standard output. +: Decrypts a secret into standard output. del <*secret*> -: Removes a secret using git. After deleting a secret a git commit and push is still - needed to update remote repositories. +: Removes a secret using git. After deleting a secret a git commit and push is still + needed to update remote repositories. - Please note that this command **does not remove the secret from the git history.** - To completely remove a file from a keyring, you should also rewrite the git - history by yourself. + Please note that this command **does not remove the secret from the git history.** + To completely remove a file from a keyring, you should also rewrite the git + history by yourself. edit <*secret*> -: Edit a secret by temporarily decrypting it, opening the decrypted copy into the - text editor defined by the *$EDITOR* environment variable and then recrypting it - again. +: Edit a secret by temporarily decrypting it, opening the decrypted copy into the + text editor defined by the *$EDITOR* environment variable and then recrypting it + again. encrypt [*file*] <*secret*> -: Encrypts content from standard input or *file* into *secret* pathname. No spaces - are supported in the *file* name. +: Encrypts content from standard input or *file* into *secret* pathname. No spaces + are supported in the *file* name. encrypt-batch <*secret*> -: Encrypt content, batch mode. +: Encrypt content, batch mode. genpair <*ssh*|*gpg*|*ssl*|*ssl-self*> [*options*] -: Wrapper to generete encryption keypairs, useful for automated key deployment. +: Wrapper to generete encryption keypairs, useful for automated key deployment. open <*secret*> -: Decrypt a secret into a temporary folder and opening it using xdg-open which - then tries to figure out the file type and calling the associated application. +: Decrypt a secret into a temporary folder and opening it using xdg-open which + then tries to figure out the file type and calling the associated application. - After the application exits, keyringer encrypts the temporary decrypted file - again into the secret file. + After the application exits, keyringer encrypts the temporary decrypted file + again into the secret file. recrypt <*secret*> -: Recrypts a secret by decrypting it and recrypting again. Useful when users are added - into recipient configuration. If no *secret* is given, all secrets in the repository - are re-encrypted. +: Recrypts a secret by decrypting it and recrypting again. Useful when users are added + into recipient configuration. If no *secret* is given, all secrets in the repository + are re-encrypted. -## CONFIGURATION ACTIONS +# CONFIGURATION ACTIONS commands -: List available actions, useful for shell completion and syntax check. +: List available actions, useful for shell completion and syntax check. options <*ls*|*edit*|*add*> -: List, edit or add miscelaneous *repository* options. +: List, edit or add miscelaneous *repository* options. - Repository options are specific configurations for the keyring which are - saved into the repository, making it available for all users with access to the - repository and hence is a *global* configuration stanza for a given keyring. + Repository options are specific configurations for the keyring which are + saved into the repository, making it available for all users with access to the + repository and hence is a *global* configuration stanza for a given keyring. - Options are written using the *KEY=VALUE* syntax. All lines starting with the - hash (#) character are interpreted as comments. + Options are written using the *KEY=VALUE* syntax. All lines starting with the + hash (#) character are interpreted as comments. preferences <*ls*|*edit*|*add*> -: List, edit or add *user* preferences for a given repository. +: List, edit or add *user* preferences for a given repository. - User preferences are specific configurations for the keyring which are - saved into the user's keyringer folder (`$HOME/.keyringer/`) hence not - shared with the other users. + User preferences are specific configurations for the keyring which are + saved into the user's keyringer folder (`$HOME/.keyringer/`) hence not + shared with the other users. - Preferences are written using the *KEY=VALUE* syntax. All lines starting with the - hash (#) character are interpreted as comments. + Preferences are written using the *KEY=VALUE* syntax. All lines starting with the + hash (#) character are interpreted as comments. usage -: Show keyringer usage information. +: Show keyringer usage information. recipients <*ls*|*edit*> <*recipient-file*> -: List, create or edit recipient configuration. +: List, create or edit recipient configuration. - Recipient files are lists of OpenPGP public key fingerprints which are used - by keyringer when encrypting secrets and associated with email aliases. + Recipient files are lists of OpenPGP public key fingerprints which are used + by keyringer when encrypting secrets and associated with email aliases. - Keyringer uses a default recipient file and supports custom *recipient-files* which - overrides the default recipient file according to it's matching pathname. + Keyringer uses a default recipient file and supports custom *recipient-files* which + overrides the default recipient file according to it's matching pathname. - For instance, a the *recipient-file* called *accounting* will be used - wherever a user encrypts a secret to a file residing from the *accounting* - folder in the keyring repository. In that case, encrypting a secret into - *accounting/bank-accounts* will result in a file - `$KEYRING_FOLDER/keys/accounting/bank-accounts.asc` encrypted using the - public keys listed in `$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/recipients/accounting` config - file. + For instance, a the *recipient-file* called *accounting* will be used + wherever a user encrypts a secret to a file residing from the *accounting* + folder in the keyring repository. In that case, encrypting a secret into + *accounting/bank-accounts* will result in a file + `$KEYRING_FOLDER/keys/accounting/bank-accounts.asc` encrypted using the + public keys listed in `$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/recipients/accounting` config + file. - Each line in a recipients file has entries in the form of - 'john@doe.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', where *john@doe.com* - is an alias for the GPG public key whose fingerprint is - *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.* + Each line in a recipients file has entries in the form of + 'john@doe.com XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', where *john@doe.com* + is an alias for the GPG public key whose fingerprint is + *XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.* - All lines starting with the hash (#) character are interpreted as comments. + All lines starting with the hash (#) character are interpreted as comments. -### OPTIONS +## OPTIONS ls -: List all existing recipient files. +: List all existing recipient files. edit -: Create or edit a recipient-file. +: Create or edit a recipient-file. - Editing happens using the editor specified by the `$EDITOR` - environment variable. + Editing happens using the editor specified by the `$EDITOR` + environment variable. - The required parameter *recipient-file* is taken relativelly - from the `$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/recipients/` folder. + The required parameter *recipient-file* is taken relativelly + from the `$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/recipients/` folder. # FILES $HOME/.keyringer/config -: User's main configuration file used to map alias names to keyrings. +: User's main configuration file used to map alias names to keyrings. $HOME/.keyringer/*keyring* -: User preferences for the keyringer aliased *keyring* keyring. +: User preferences for the keyringer aliased *keyring* keyring. $KEYRING_FOLDER/config/options -: Custom keyring options which will be applied for all users that use - the keyringer repository. +: Custom keyring options which will be applied for all users that use + the keyringer repository. # LIMITATIONS |