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| author | Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net> | 2016-12-21 10:19:48 -0200 |
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| committer | Silvio Rhatto <rhatto@riseup.net> | 2016-12-21 10:19:48 -0200 |
| commit | 491ea8e72879c9c9244c2740e8a428b97249b58a (patch) | |
| tree | b4ae36d0568d80b9ff75596dfb6c1131b2ae2e56 /share/man/keyringer.1 | |
| parent | 7cb12867a3818b25ecca7bc8706563af7c7e4f93 (diff) | |
| parent | ea9326628e6e872798a96063fccd76d964a75583 (diff) | |
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Imported Upstream version 0.5.0upstream_keyringer_0.5.0
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diff --git a/share/man/keyringer.1 b/share/man/keyringer.1 index 74bcf1f..fe17968 100644 --- a/share/man/keyringer.1 +++ b/share/man/keyringer.1 @@ -222,6 +222,20 @@ After the application exits, keyringer encrypts the temporary decrypted file again into the secret file and deletes the temporary file. .RE .TP +.B pwgen <\f[I]secret\f[]> [\f[I]size\f[]] +Generates a random passphrase and stores into \f[I]secret\f[] pathname +with optional entropy size in bytes. +Default size is 20. +.RS +.PP +Passphrases will be slightly bigger than size due to base64 conversion. +.PP +With this action you can generate and store a passphrase without need to +see it. +Combined with clip or sclip action provides an hygienic way to handle +secrets. +.RE +.TP .B recrypt <\f[I]secret\f[]> Re\-encrypts a secret by decrypting it and encrypting it again. Useful when users are added into the recipient configuration. |