SKEYPRUNE(8) | System Manager's Manual | SKEYPRUNE(8)

# NAME

`skeyprune` — prune zeroed and old entries from S/Key database

# SYNOPSIS

`skeyprune` | [days]

# DESCRIPTION

`skeyprune` searches through the S/Key database, /etc/skey, and prunes out entries that have been zeroed out via skeyinit(1) as well as entries that have not been modified in days days. If days is not specified, only invalid entries are pruned.

If a malformed entry is encountered, or if the file mode/type is incorrect, an error is printed to the standard error.

# FILES

/etc/skey
  directory containing S/Key user entries

# DIAGNOSTICS

The following errors are cause for concern.

Can't cd to /etc/skey
  The S/Key database directory, /etc/skey, does not exist. The superuser may create it by running “skeyinit -E”.
Can't open user
  The user's entry was found in /etc/skey but it could not be opened.
user is not a regular file
  The user's entry is not a regular file.
Bad mode for user
  The user's entry had a bad file mode (should be 0600).
Bad link count for user.
  The user's entry had a bad link count (should be 1).
Invalid entry for user
  The user's entry was not of the correct format, as specified by skey(5).

# SEE ALSO

skey(1), skeyinit(1), skey(5)

January 25, 2019 | Debian