minio/contrib/signify/signify.1

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.\"Copyright (c) 2013 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
.\"Copyright (c) 2013 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 8 2014 $
.Dt SIGNIFY 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm signify
.Nd cryptographically sign and verify files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm signify
.Fl C
.Op Fl q
.Fl p Ar pubkey
.Fl x Ar sigfile
.Op Ar
.Nm signify
.Fl G
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl c Ar comment
.Fl p Ar pubkey
.Fl s Ar seckey
.Nm signify
.Fl I
.Op Fl p Ar pubkey
.Op Fl s Ar seckey
.Op Fl x Ar sigfile
.Nm signify
.Fl S
.Op Fl e
.Op Fl x Ar sigfile
.Fl s Ar seckey
.Fl m Ar message
.Nm signify
.Fl V
.Op Fl eq
.Op Fl x Ar sigfile
.Fl p Ar pubkey
.Fl m Ar message
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility creates and verifies cryptographic signatures.
A signature verifies the integrity of a
.Ar message .
The mode of operation is selected with the following options:
.Bl -tag -width Dsssigfile
.It Fl C
Verify a signed checksum list, and then verify the checksum for
each file.
If no files are specified, all of them are checked.
.Ar sigfile
should be the signed output of
.Xr sha256 1 .
.It Fl G
Generate a new key pair.
.It Fl I
Inspect the specified keys or signature and print their fingerprint.
.It Fl S
Sign the specified message file and create a signature.
.It Fl V
Verify the message and signature match.
.El
.Pp
The other options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Dsssignature
.It Fl c Ar comment
Specify the comment to be added during key generation.
.It Fl e
When signing, embed the message after the signature.
When verifying, extract the message from the signature.
(This requires that the signature was created using
.Fl e
and creates a new message file as output.)
.It Fl m Ar message
When signing, the file containing the message to sign.
When verifying, the file containing the message to verify.
When verifying with
.Fl e ,
the file to create.
.It Fl n
Do not ask for a passphrase during key generation.
Otherwise,
.Nm
will prompt the user for a passphrase to protect the secret key.
.It Fl p Ar pubkey
Public key produced by
.Fl G ,
and used by
.Fl V
to check a signature.
.It Fl q
Quiet mode.
Suppress informational output.
.It Fl s Ar seckey
Secret (private) key produced by
.Fl G ,
and used by
.Fl S
to sign a message.
.It Fl x Ar sigfile
The signature file to create or verify.
The default is
.Ar message Ns .sig .
.El
.Pp
The key and signature files created by
.Nm
have the same format.
The first line of the file is a free form text comment that may be edited,
so long as it does not exceed a single line.
.\" Signature comments will be generated based on the name of the secret
.\" key used for signing.
.\" This comment can then be used as a hint for the name of the public key
.\" when verifying.
The second line of the file is the actual key or signature base64 encoded.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std signify
It may fail because of one of the following reasons:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Some necessary files do not exist.
.It
Entered passphrase is incorrect.
.It
The message file was corrupted and its signature does not match.
.It
The message file is too large.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Create a new key pair:
.Dl $ signify -G -p newkey.pub -s newkey.sec
.Pp
Sign a file, specifying a signature name:
.Dl $ signify -S -s key.sec -m message.txt -x msg.sig
.Pp
Verify a signature, using the default signature name:
.Dl $ signify -V -p key.pub -m generalsorders.txt
.Pp
Verify a SHA256 digest list (created with sha256sum --tag)
.Dl $ signify -C -p key.pub -x SHA256SUMS.sig
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr sha256sum 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Ox 5.5 .
This is a portable version for use on Linux and other unixes.