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     AUTH(1): setup zx authentication
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     USAGE

         usage: auth [-f] [-d adir] name user secret [group...]
             -d adir: clive auth dir
             -f: force write of key file when file already exists

     DESCRIPTION

      auth  initializes  the  zx  key  file  to  authenticate   remote
     connections, both for servers and clients.

     This is a temporary aid and the command will change in the future
     to  become  a  real  tool  that  can connect to an authentication
     service to change passwords.  As of now, it must be  executed  in
     the machine where the secret resides to initialize it.

     EXAMPLE

     Create a secret for user nemo and group elf for the default  auth
     domain.   This  must run on both the file server and the machines
     dialing to it.

         ; auth default nemo secret.Pass elf

     SOURCE

     +o    /zx/sys/src/clive/cmd/auth

     BUGS

     Should read the key from the user's terminal and be safer.

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