zvault/docs/man/zvault-addkey.1.md

zvault-addkey(1) -- Add a key pair to the repository

SYNOPSIS

zvault addkey [OPTIONS] [FILE] <REPO>

DESCRIPTION

This subcommand adds a new key pair to the repository REPO.

If FILE is given, the key pair is read from the file and added to the repository.

If --generate is set, a new key pair is generated, printed to console and added to the repository. If --password is also set, the key pair will be derived from the given password instead of creating a random one.

If --default is set, encryption will be enabled (if not already) and the new key will be set as default encryption key.

OPTIONS

• -g, --generate:

  Generate a new key pair

• -d, --default:

  Set the key pair as default

• -p, --password <PASSWORD>:

  Derive the key pair from the given password instead of randomly creating it. This setting requires that --generate is set too.

• -q, --quiet:

  Print less information

• -v, --verbose:

  Print more information

• -h, --help:

  Prints help information

• -V, --version:

  Prints version information

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2017 Dennis Schwerdel This software is licensed under GPL-3 or newer (see LICENSE.md)