yafic-sign, yafic-check -- Signature utilities for yafic(1) |
yafic-sign [-Vhp] [-c] keyfile file yafic-check [-Vhp] keyfile file |
yafic-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. |
The options are as follows: |
-V |
Display version information. |
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-h |
Display help summary. |
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-p |
Expect keyfile to be a public key rather than a private key. |
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-c |
Instead of signing file, file is checked against its signature. |
Both yafic-sign and yafic-check exit with one of the following values: |
0 |
file was successfully signed or verified |
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1 |
An error occurred. |
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2 |
There was a problem with the arguments given to yafic-sign or yafic-check. |
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3 |
The verification of file against its signature failed. |
yafic(1), openssl(1), genrsa(1), gendsa(1) |