SECSTORE(1) SECSTORE(1)
NAME
secstore - retrieve files from secure store
SYNOPSIS
auth/secstore [ -iv ] [ -k key ] [ -p pin ] [ -s address ] [
-u user ] [ op [ file ] ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Secstore manages files on the eponymous Plan 9 secure stor-
age service. It holds a set of files for each of its users.
The service is most often used to store a file factotum con-
taining user credentials in a form ready to be loaded into
factotum(4). Op is one of the following operations:
d Delete the given files on the server.
p Print the contents of each file on standard output.
Each line is written separately, so that files of keys
will be received correctly when written to factotum(4).
r Replace the contents of files on the server by the con-
tents of the named files, after encrypting them. In
each case, the file name on the server is the last com-
ponent of the local file name (ie, everything after the
final `/').
t List a table of contents of user's collection on the
the server. By default, only the names are listed, one
per line, but given the -v option, each line displays
name, file size in bytes, date last stored, and SHA-1
hash of the file's contents.
x Extract the named files into files of the same name in
the current directory. By default, they are decrypted
(ie, in clear text).
If no op is specified, secstore connects to the server (thus
checking the connection and the validity of both key and
user), but does nothing with it.
By default, secstore prompts for a secret key to authenti-
cate the user and the secstore service. The service might
be configured to demand an extra authentication code, such
as a `pin', in which case secstore will then prompt for that
as well. The options are:
-i Read one or two lines from the standard input: the
first line contains the secret; the optional second
line contains the extra authentication code.
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-k key
Use key as the secret to authenticate with the secstore
service.
-p pin
Supply pin as the extra authentication code if the
server demands it.
-s address
Connect to the server at the given network address, as
defined by dial(2), and translated by cs(8). The
default is net!$auth!secstore.
-u user
Authenticate as user (default: the Inferno user name
contained in /dev/user)
-v Make the output more verbose: display the name
announced by the remote server; and use the long form
of the table of contents.
EXAMPLE
Retrieve the factotum file and feed the keys therein to
factotum(4):
auth/secstore p factotum >/mnt/factotum/ctl
SOURCE
/appl/cmd/auth/secstore.b
SEE ALSO
crypt(1), secstore(2), factotum(4),
``Plan 9 Security'', Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Fourth Edi-
tion, Volume 2, 2003.
BUGS
Perhaps secstore should allow several -s options as a simple
way to replicate the same files on different servers.
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