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-.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/xauth/xauth.man,v 1.7 2001/12/14 20:01:15 dawes Exp $
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-.TH XAUTH 1 __xorgversion__
-.SH NAME
-nxauth \- NoMachine X authority file utility
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B nxauth
-[ \fB\-f\fP \fIauthfile\fP ] [ \fB\-vqib\fP ] [ \fIcommand arg ...\fP ]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-The \fInxauth\fP program is used to edit and display the authorization
-information used in connecting to the X server. This program is usually
-used to extract authorization records from one machine and merge them in on
-another (as is the case when using remote logins or granting access to
-other users). Commands (described below) may be entered interactively,
-on the \fInxauth\fP command line, or in scripts. Note that this program
-does \fBnot\fP contact the X server except when the generate command is used.
-Normally \fInxauth\fP is not used to create the authority file entry in
-the first place; \fIxdm\fP does that.
-.SH OPTIONS
-The following options may be used with \fInxauth\fP. They may be given
-individually (e.g., \fI\-q \-i\|\fP) or may combined (e.g., \fI\-qi\|\fP).
-.TP 8
-.B "\-f \fIauthfile\fP"
-This option specifies the name of the authority file to use. By default,
-\fInxauth\fP will use the file specified by the nxauthORITY environment variable
-or \fI\.Xauthority\fP in the user's home directory.
-.TP 8
-.B \-q
-This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should operate quietly and not print
-unsolicited status messages. This is the default if an \fInxauth\fP command is
-is given on the command line or if the standard output is not directed to a
-terminal.
-.TP 8
-.B \-v
-This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should operate verbosely and print
-status messages indicating the results of various operations (e.g., how many
-records have been read in or written out). This is the default if \fInxauth\fP
-is reading commands from its standard input and its standard output is
-directed to a terminal.
-.TP 8
-.B \-i
-This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should ignore any authority file
-locks. Normally, \fInxauth\fP will refuse to read or edit any authority files
-that have been locked by other programs (usually \fIxdm\fP or another
-\fInxauth\fP).
-.TP 8
-.B \-b
-This option indicates that \fInxauth\fP should attempt to break any authority
-file locks before proceeding. Use this option only to clean up stale locks.
-.SH COMMANDS
-The following commands may be used to manipulate authority files:
-.TP 8
-.B "add \fIdisplayname protocolname hexkey"
-An authorization entry for the indicated display using the given protocol
-and key data is added to the authorization file. The data is specified as
-an even-lengthed string of hexadecimal digits, each pair representing
-one octet. The first digit of each pair gives the most significant 4 bits
-of the octet, and the second digit of the pair gives the least significant 4
-bits. For example, a 32 character hexkey would represent a 128-bit value.
-A protocol name consisting of just a
-single period is treated as an abbreviation for \fIMIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1\fP.
-
-.TP 8
-.B "generate \fIdisplayname protocolname\fP \fR[\fPtrusted|untrusted\fR]\fP"
-.B \fR[\fPtimeout \fIseconds\fP\fR]\fP \fR[\fPgroup \fIgroup-id\fP\fR]\fP \fR[\fBdata \fIhexdata\fR]
-
-This command is similar to add. The main difference is that instead
-of requiring the user to supply the key data, it connects to the
-server specified in \fIdisplayname\fP and uses the SECURITY extension
-in order to get the key data to store in the authorization file. If
-the server cannot be contacted or if it does not support the SECURITY
-extension, the command fails. Otherwise, an authorization entry for
-the indicated display using the given protocol is added to the
-authorization file. A protocol name consisting of just a single
-period is treated as an abbreviation for \fIMIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1\fP.
-
-If the \fBtrusted\fP option is used, clients that connect using this
-authorization will have full run of the display, as usual. If
-\fBuntrusted\fP is used, clients that connect using this authorization
-will be considered untrusted and prevented from stealing or tampering
-with data belonging to trusted clients. See the SECURITY extension
-specification for full details on the restrictions imposed on
-untrusted clients. The default is \fBuntrusted\fP.
-
-The \fBtimeout\fP option specifies how long in seconds this
-authorization will be valid. If the authorization remains unused (no
-clients are connected with it) for longer than this time period, the
-server purges the authorization, and future attempts to connect using
-it will fail. Note that the purging done by the server does \fBnot\fP
-delete the authorization entry from the authorization file. The
-default timeout is 60 seconds.
-
-The \fBgroup\fP option specifies the application group that clients
-connecting with this authorization should belong to. See the
-application group extension specification for more details. The
-default is to not belong to an application group.
-
-The \fBdata\fP option specifies data that the server should use to
-generate the authorization. Note that this is \fBnot\fP the same data
-that gets written to the authorization file. The interpretation of
-this data depends on the authorization protocol. The \fIhexdata\fP is
-in the same format as the \fIhexkey\fP described in the add command.
-The default is to send no data.
-
-.TP 8
-.B "[n]extract \fIfilename displayname..."
-Authorization entries for each of the specified displays are written to the
-indicated file. If the \fInextract\fP command is used, the entries are written
-in a numeric format suitable for non-binary transmission (such as secure
-electronic mail). The extracted entries can be read back in using the
-\fImerge\fP and \fInmerge\fP commands. If the filename consists of
-just a single dash, the entries will be written to the standard output.
-.TP 8
-.B "[n]list \fR[\fIdisplayname\fP...]"
-Authorization entries for each of the specified displays (or all if no
-displays are named) are printed on the standard output. If the \fInlist\fP
-command is used, entries will be shown in the numeric format used by
-the \fInextract\fP command; otherwise, they are shown in a textual format.
-Key data is always displayed in the hexadecimal format given in the
-description of the \fIadd\fP command.
-.TP 8
-.B "[n]merge \fR[\fIfilename\fP...]"
-Authorization entries are read from the specified files and are merged into
-the authorization database, superceding any matching existing entries. If
-the \fInmerge\fP command is used, the numeric format given in the description
-of the \fIextract\fP command is used. If a filename consists of just a single
-dash, the standard input will be read if it hasn't been read before.
-.TP 8
-.B "remove \fIdisplayname\fR..."
-Authorization entries matching the specified displays are removed from the
-authority file.
-.TP 8
-.B "source \fIfilename"
-The specified file is treated as a script containing \fInxauth\fP commands
-to execute. Blank lines and lines beginning with a sharp sign (#) are
-ignored. A single dash may be used to indicate the standard input, if it
-hasn't already been read.
-.TP 8
-.B "info"
-Information describing the authorization file, whether or not any changes
-have been made, and from where \fInxauth\fP commands are being read
-is printed on the standard output.
-.TP 8
-.B "exit"
-If any modifications have been made, the authority file is written out (if
-allowed), and the program exits. An end of file is treated as an implicit
-\fIexit\fP command.
-.TP 8
-.B "quit"
-The program exits, ignoring any modifications. This may also be accomplished
-by pressing the interrupt character.
-.TP 8
-.B "help [\fIstring\fP]"
-A description of all commands that begin with the given string (or all
-commands if no string is given) is printed on the standard output.
-.TP 8
-.B "?"
-A short list of the valid commands is printed on the standard output.
-.SH "DISPLAY NAMES"
-Display names for the \fIadd\fP, \fI[n]extract\fP, \fI[n]list\fP,
-\fI[n]merge\fP, and \fIremove\fP commands use the same format as the
-DISPLAY environment variable and the common \fI\-display\fP command line
-argument. Display-specific information (such as the screen number)
-is unnecessary and will be ignored.
-Same-machine connections (such as local-host sockets,
-shared memory, and the Internet Protocol hostname \fIlocalhost\fP) are
-referred to as \fIhostname\fP/unix:\fIdisplaynumber\fP so that
-local entries for different machines may be stored in one authority file.
-.SH EXAMPLE
-.PP
-The most common use for \fInxauth\fP is to extract the entry for the
-current display, copy it to another machine, and merge it into the
-user's authority file on the remote machine:
-.sp
-.nf
- % nxauth extract \- $DISPLAY | rsh otherhost nxauth merge \-
-.fi
-.PP
-.sp
-The following command contacts the server :0 to create an
-authorization using the MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 protocol. Clients that
-connect with this authorization will be untrusted.
-.nf
- % nxauth generate :0 .
-.fi
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
-This \fInxauth\fP program uses the following environment variables:
-.TP 8
-.B XAUTHORITY
-to get the name of the authority file to use if the \fI\-f\fP option isn't
-used.
-.TP 8
-.B HOME
-to get the user's home directory if XAUTHORITY isn't defined.
-.SH FILES
-.TP 8
-.I $HOME/.Xauthority
-default authority file if XAUTHORITY isn't defined.
-.SH BUGS
-.PP
-Users that have unsecure networks should take care to use encrypted
-file transfer mechanisms to copy authorization entries between machines.
-Similarly, the \fIMIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1\fP protocol is not very useful in
-unsecure environments. Sites that are interested in additional security
-may need to use encrypted authorization mechanisms such as Kerberos.
-.PP
-Spaces are currently not allowed in the protocol name. Quoting could be
-added for the truly perverse.
-.SH AUTHOR
-Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium