NAME
tarsnap-keymgmt – generate subsets of tarsnap(1) key files
SYNOPSIS
tarsnap-keymgmt --outkeyfile new-key-file [-r] [-w] [-d] [--nuke]
[--passphrased] [--passphrase-mem maxmem]
[--passphrase-time maxtime] key-file ...
tarsnap-keymgmt --print-key-id key-file
tarsnap-keymgmt --print-key-permissions key-file
tarsnap-keymgmt --version
DESCRIPTION
tarsnap-keymgmt reads the provided key files and writes a new key file
(specified by --outkeyfile new-key-file) containing only the keys
required for the operations specified via the -r (list and extract
archives), -w (write archives), -d (delete archives), and --nuke flags.
Note that -d implies -r since it is impossible to delete an individual
archive without being able to read it; while a key file generated with
--nuke can be used to delete all the archives stored, but not individual
archives.
The following list shows which permissions are required for various
tarsnap(1) command modes.
--recover
requires either (1) -d (archive deleting), (2) -w (archive
creating), or (3) --nuke keys.
--fsck
requires either (1) both -w (archive writing) and -r (archive
reading) keys, or (2) -d (archive deleting) keys.
--fsck-prune
requires -d (archive deleting) keys, since it needs to be able
to delete corrupted archives.
If the --passphrased option is specified, the user will be prompted to
enter a passphrase (twice) to be used to encrypt the key file.
If the --passphrase-mem maxmem option is specified, a maximum of maxmem
bytes of RAM will be used in the scrypt key derivation function to
encrypt the key file; it may be necessary to set this option if a key
file is being created on a system with far more RAM than the system on
which the key file will be used.
If the --passphrase-time maxtime option is specified, a maximum of
approximately maxtime seconds will be used in the scrypt key derivation
function to encrypt the key file.
Note that if none of the -w, -r, -d, or --nuke options are specified, a
key file will be produced which does not contain any keys. This is
probably not very useful.
The --print-key-id key-file option displays the 64-bit integer
corresponding to the key's machine number. This may be useful for
scripts or GUIs which manage a user's Tarsnap account, but is not likely
to be helpful for command-line use.
The --print-key-permissions key-file option displays the permissions
which the key possesses.
The --version option prints the version number of tarsnap-keymgmt, then
exits.