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iceauth (1)

Name

iceauth - ICE authority file utility

Synopsis

/usr/bin/iceauth [ -f authfile ] [ -vqib ] [ command arg ...
]

Description




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NAME
     iceauth - ICE authority file utility

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/iceauth [ -f authfile ] [ -vqib ] [ command arg ...
     ]

DESCRIPTION
     The iceauth program is used to edit and display  the  autho-
     rization information used in connecting with ICE.  This pro-
     gram 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 iceauth command line, or in scripts.

OPTIONS
     -f authfile  Name of the authority file to use. Will default
     to
                  the file currently in use by the session.

     -v           Turns on extra messages (verbose mode)

     -q           Turns off extra messages (quiet mode)

     -i           Ignore the locks on the authority file

     -b           Break the locks on the authority file

     -u           Print basic usage instructions

USAGE
     When  iceauth is run it will allow the following set of com-
     mands to be entered interactively or in scripts.

     ?

     List available commands.

     help

     Print help information. You may supply  a  command  name  to
     help to get specific information about it.

     info

     Print information about the entries in the authority file.

     list

     List  (print) entries in the authority file. You may specify
     optional modifiers as below to  specify  which  entries  are



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     listed.

     list  [  protocol_name ] [ protocol_data ] [ netid ] [ auth-
     name ]

     add

     Add an entry to the authority file. This must be in the for-
     mat

     add protocol_name protocol_data netid authname authdata

     remove

     Remove entries from the authority file.

     remove [ protocol_name ] [ protocol_data ] [ netid ] [ auth-
     name ]

     extract

     Extract entries from the authority file in to a  destination
     file.  You  must  supply the path to the destination to this
     command as in  the  following  format.  Optional  specifiers
     allow you to narrow which entries are extracted.

     extract filename [ protocol_name ] [ protocol_data ] [ netid
     ] [ authname ]

     merge

     Merge entries from other files  in  to  the  authority  file
     selected  by  the program. You may supply any number of file
     paths to this command as follows:

     merge filename1 [ filename2 ] [ filename3 ] ...

     exit

     Save changes and exit the program.

     quit

     Abort changes and exit the program without saving.

     source

     Read and execute commands from a file.

     source filename





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AUTHOR
     Ralph Mor, X Consortium


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
     |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
     +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
     |Availability                 |x11/library/libice           |
     +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
     |Interface Stability          |Committed                    |
     +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+








































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