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diff --git a/share/man/keyringer.1 b/share/man/keyringer.1 index 2eaa30d..66ed9cc 100644 --- a/share/man/keyringer.1 +++ b/share/man/keyringer.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH KEYRINGER 1 "August 17, 2013" "Keyringer User Manual" +.TH KEYRINGER 1 "Sep 10, 2013" "Keyringer User Manual" .SH NAME .PP keyringer - encrypted and distributed secret sharing software @@ -9,39 +9,55 @@ keyringer <\f[I]keyring\f[]> <\f[I]action\f[]> [\f[I]options\f[]]... .PP Keyringer lets you manage and share secrets using GPG and git with custom commands to encrypt, decrypt, recrypt, create key pairs, etc. +.PP +Secrets are encrypted using GPG and added to a git tree so later then +can be synced with remote branches. .SH ACTIONS .PP Keyringer has three types of actions: .IP "1." 3 -Configuration actions. +Repository lookup and manipulation actions. .IP "2." 3 Secret manipulation actions. .IP "3." 3 -Repository lookup and manipulation actions. -.SS CONFIGURATION ACTIONS -.PP -commands : List available actions, useful for shell completion and -syntax check. +Configuration actions. +.SS REPOSITORY LOOKUP AND MANIPULATION ACTIONS .PP -options <\f[I]ls\f[]|\f[I]edit\f[]|\f[I]add\f[]> : List, edit or add -miscelaneous \f[I]repository options\f[]. +init <\f[I]path\f[]> [\f[I]remote\f[]] : Initialize a new keyringer +repository. +If a \f[I]remote\f[] URL is specified, keyringer will clone an existing +repository. .PP -preferences <\f[I]ls\f[]|\f[I]edit\f[]|\f[I]add\f[]> : List, edit or add -\f[I]user options\f[] for a given repository. +After initialization, \f[I]path\f[] will contain a folder structure for +storing secrets and metadata (user aka recipients, groups of recipients, +etc). .PP -recipients <\f[I]ls\f[]|\f[I]edit\f[]> <\f[I]recipient-file\f[]> : List -or edit recipient configuration. +Also, an entry on \f[C]$HOME/.keyringer/config\f[] will be added +allowing keyringer to find the keyring by it\[aq]s alias. .PP -usage : Show usage information. +git <\f[I]action\f[]> <\f[I]options\f[]> : Git wrapper that operates +from the toplevel keyring repository. +You can issue any \f[I]GIT(1)\f[] subcommand with this action that it +will be applied into the keyring repository. +.PP +ls <\f[I]path\f[]> : List contents from the toplevel repository +\f[I]keys\f[] folder or from relative paths if \f[I]path\f[] is +specified. +Like the git wrapper, this is a wrapper around the \f[I]LS(1)\f[] +command. .SS SECRET MANIPULATION ACTIONS .PP -All secret manipulation actions operates upon a \f[I]SECRET\f[], which -is the pathname of an encrypted file relative to keyring with optional +All secret manipulation actions operates upon a \f[I]SECRET\f[] which is +the pathname of an encrypted file relative to keyring with optional \f[C]\&.asc\f[] extension. .PP +If the \f[C]\&.asc\f[] extension is ommited, keyringer will add it in +the end of the pathname. +.PP Secret manipulation actions do not commit changes into the secret repository. -After any manipulation, the user has to manually commit the changes. +After any manipulation, the user has to manually commit the changes +using the git wrapper action. .PP append <\f[I]SECRET\f[]> : Append contents into a secret. .PP @@ -76,13 +92,32 @@ recrypting again. Useful when users are added into recipient configuration. If no \f[I]SECRET\f[] is given, all secrets in the repository are re-encrypted. -.SH REPOSITORY LOOKUP AND MANIPULATION ACTIONS +.SS CONFIGURATION ACTIONS .PP -git <\f[I]action\f[]> <\f[I]options\f[]> : Git wrapper that operates -from the toplevel keyring repository. +commands : List available actions, useful for shell completion and +syntax check. +.PP +options <\f[I]ls\f[]|\f[I]edit\f[]|\f[I]add\f[]> : List, edit or add +miscelaneous \f[I]repository options\f[]. +.PP +preferences <\f[I]ls\f[]|\f[I]edit\f[]|\f[I]add\f[]> : List, edit or add +\f[I]user options\f[] for a given repository. +.PP +recipients <\f[I]ls\f[]|\f[I]edit\f[]> <\f[I]recipient-file\f[]> : List +or edit recipient configuration. +.PP +usage : Show usage information. +.SH FILES +.PP +$HOME/.keyringer/config : User\[aq]s main configuration file used to map +alias names to keyrings. +.PP +$HOME/.keyringer/\f[I]keyring\f[] : User preferences for the keyringer +aliased \f[I]keyring\f[]. .PP -ls <\f[I]PATH\f[]> : List contents from the toplevel repository -\f[I]keys\f[] folder or from relative \f[I]PATH\f[]. +$KEYRING_FOLDER/config/options : Custom keyring options which will be +applied for all users that use the keyringer repository. +.SH LIMITATIONS .SH SEE ALSO .PP The \f[I]README\f[] file distributed with Keyringer contains full |