create-munge-key(8)

create-munge-key8

Create munge key

Usage

create-munge-key [OPTION] ...

Overview

The create-munge-key script creates a cryptographic key for munge(8) authentication service

Options

-h

Display a summary of the command-line options.

-r

specify /dev/random as random file for key generation default is /dev/urandom which provide a worst entropy

-f

Force overwriting existing old key

Exit status

The create-munge-key returns a zero exit code when the key is successfully created. On error, it prints an error message to stderr and returns a non-zero exit code.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 5.0–6.0
  2. 7–10

Author

Gennaro Oliva <[email protected]>

From munge 0.5.13-2 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.