KEY(1)                    User Commands                    KEY(1)



NAME
     key -  Stand-alone program for computing responses to  S/Key
     challenges.

SYNOPSIS
     key [-n <count>] [-p <password>] <Sequence>

DESCRIPTION
     _k_e_y Takes the optional count  of  the  number  of  one  time
     access  passwords  to  print along with a (maximum) sequence
     number and key as command line  args,  it  prompts  for  the
     user's  secret  password  (if not used on command line), and
     produces both word and hex format responses.

EXAMPLE
       Usage example:
          >key -n 5 99 th91334
          Enter password: <your secret password is entered here>
          OMEN US HORN OMIT BACK AHOY
          .... 4 more passwords.
          >

OPTIONS
     -n <count> the number of one time access passwords to print.
     The default is one.

     -p <password> user's secret password.

DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
     It is an obvious security hazard to enter your secret  pass-
     word on the command line (-p option).

SEE ALSO
     skey(1), keyinit(1), keysu(1), keyinfo(1)

AUTHOR
     Phil Karn, Neil M. Haller, John S. Walden, Scott Chasin














SunOS 5.5.1       Last change: 28 October 1993                  1