YAFIC-SIGN(1)YAFIC-SIGN(1)NAME
yafic-sign, yafic-check -- Signature utilities for yafic(1)SYNOPSISyafic-sign [-Vhp] [-c] keyfile file
yafic-check [-Vhp] keyfile file
DESCRIPTIONyafic-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 ALSOyafic(1), openssl(1), genrsa(1), gendsa(1)
December 12, 2003 YAFIC-SIGN(1)
