ntp-keygen (ntp) - Create a NTP host key - Ver. 4.2.8p12
Usage: ntp-keygen [ - [] | --[{=| }] ]...
Flg Arg Option-Name Description
-b Num imbits identity modulus bits
- it must be in the range:
256 to 2048
-c Str certificate certificate scheme
-C Str cipher privatekey cipher
-d no debug-level Increase debug verbosity level
- may appear multiple times
-D Num set-debug-level Set the debug verbosity level
- may appear multiple times
-e no id-key Write IFF or GQ identity keys
-G no gq-params Generate GQ parameters and keys
-H no host-key generate RSA host key
-I no iffkey generate IFF parameters
-i Str ident set Autokey group name
-l Num lifetime set certificate lifetime
-m Num modulus prime modulus
- it must be in the range:
256 to 2048
-M no md5key generate symmetric keys
-P no pvt-cert generate PC private certificate
-p Str password local private password
-q Str export-passwd export IFF or GQ group keys with password
-s Str subject-name set host and optionally group name
-S Str sign-key generate sign key (RSA or DSA)
-T no trusted-cert trusted certificate (TC scheme)
-V Num mv-params generate MV parameters
-v Num mv-keys update MV keys
opt version output version information and exit
-? no help display extended usage information and exit
-! no more-help extended usage information passed thru pager
-> opt save-opts save the option state to a config file
-< Str load-opts load options from a config file
- disabled as '--no-load-opts'
- may appear multiple times
Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single
hyphen and the flag character.
The following option preset mechanisms are supported:
- reading file $HOME/.ntprc
- reading file ./.ntprc
- examining environment variables named NTP_KEYGEN_*
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