lsh-decrypt-key (1)

lsh-decrypt-key [OPTION...]

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The given key (supplied on stdin or in the file given with the --in option) and it's passphrase is read. The key is decrypted and written to stdout (or the file supplied by the --out option).

This program is usually invoked by the lsh-upgrade-key script.

--askpass=Program

Program to use for reading passwords. Should be an absolute filename.

--in=encrypted key filename

(defaults to stdin)

--out=decrypted key filename

(defaults to stdout)

--debug

Print huge amounts of debug information

--log-file=File name

Append messages to this file.

-q, --quiet

Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages

--trace

Detailed trace

-v, --verbose

Verbose diagnostic messages

-?, --help

Give this help list

--usage

Give a short usage message

-V, --version

Print program version

See the --verbose , --trace and --debug options.

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

The lsh suite of programs is distributed under the GNU General Public License; see the COPYING and AUTHORS files in the source distribution for details.

The lsh program suite is written mainly by Niels M\[:o]ller <[email protected]>.

This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult <[email protected]>, it is based on a template written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <[email protected]>.

DSA(5), lsh(1), lsh-authorize(1), lsh-decode-key(1), lsh-export-key(1), lsh-keygen(1), lsh-make-seed(1), lsh-upgrade(1), lsh-upgrade-key(1), lsh-writekey(1), lshd(8), secsh(5), SHA(5), SPKI(5), ssh-conv(1)

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