1ICEAUTH(1) General Commands Manual ICEAUTH(1)
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6 iceauth - ICE authority file utility
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9 iceauth [ -f authfile ] [ -vqib ] [ command arg ... ]
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12 The iceauth program is used to edit and display the authorization
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15 another (as is the case when using remote logins or granting access to
16 other users). Commands (described below) may be entered interactively,
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20 -f authfile Name of the authority file to use. Will default to
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23 -v Turns on extra messages (verbose mode)
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27 -i Ignore the locks on the authority file
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31 -u Print basic usage instructions
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36 When iceauth is run it will allow the following set of commands to be
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41 List available commands.
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45 Print help information. You may supply a command name to help to get
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50 Print information about the entries in the authority file.
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54 List (print) entries in the authority file. You may specify optional
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61 Add an entry to the authority file. This must be in the format
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73 Extract entries from the authority file in to a destination file. You
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78 extract filename [ protocol_name ] [ protocol_data ] [ netid ] [ auth‐
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83 Merge entries from other files in to the authority file selected by the
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104 Ralph Mor, X Consortium
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