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6 usbadm - tool to administrate the pam_usb PAM module
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9 usbadm <action> [arguments]
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12 This manual page documents briefly the usbadm command. This tool helps
13 managing users and USB devices for use within pam_usb, providing func‐
14 tions to generate and encrypt private and public DSA keys, control
15 serial numbers access list...
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18 help [command]
19 display action description and usage. If an argument is sup‐
20 plied, print the specific action description and usage, else
21 print the action list summary.
22 keygen <mntpoint> <user> <bits>
24 generate per host private/public DSA key pair. Required argu‐
25 ments are: the mountpoint where you mounted the device, the user
26 you want to generate a couple of keys for, and the number of
27 bits the key should be generated with.
28 cipher <mntpoint> <user> [algorithm]
30 Manage the cipher for the private key. Can be used for encrypt,
31 decrypt or change password for the private key. See below for
32 the mountpoint and the user. If no algorithm were supplited,
33 you'll be prompted for one. It supports every algoritgm OpenSSL
34 manage (blowfish and 3des among others). If algorithm is none,
35 it'll decrypt the private key and no password will be prompted
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37 addserial [serial number]
39 Allows the specified serial number. If none were specified,
40 it'll try to probe the plugged device's one and to allow it.
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43 The website for pam_usb is at http://www.pamusb.org/
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46 Andrea Luzzardi <scox@sig11.org>,
47 August 2005 USBADM(1)