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| YAFIC-SIGN(1) | FreeBSD General Commands Manual | YAFIC-SIGN(1) |
NAME
yafic-sign, yafic-check -- Signature utilities for yafic(1)SYNOPSIS
yafic-sign [-Vhp] [-c] keyfile fileyafic-check [-Vhp] keyfile file
DESCRIPTION
yafic-sign cryptographically signs file using the key keyfile. yafic-check (which is simply another name for yafic-sign -c) verifies a file against its signature.keyfile is expected to be an RSA or DSA key. See openssl(1), genrsa(1), gendsa(1), and specifically:
http://www.openssl.org/docs/HOWTO/keys.txt
Signature files have the same name as file, but with the extension .sig.
OPTIONS
The options are as follows:- -V
- Display version information.
- -h
- Display help summary.
- -p
- Expect keyfile to be a public key rather than a private key.
- -c
- Instead of signing file, file is checked against its signature.
RETURN VALUES
Both yafic-sign and yafic-check exit with one of the following values:- 0
- file was successfully signed or verified
- 1
- An error occurred.
- 2
- There was a problem with the arguments given to yafic-sign or yafic-check.
- 3
- The verification of file against its signature failed.
SEE ALSO
yafic(1), openssl(1), genrsa(1), gendsa(1)| December 12, 2003 |
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