Manual page for the key command





KEY(1)                    User Commands                    KEY(1)



NAME
     key -  compute responses to S/Key challenges.

SYNOPSIS
     key [-n count] sequence seed

DESCRIPTION
     key Takes an S/Key sequence number and seed as  command-line
     arguments,  prompts for the user's secret password, and for-
     mats the response as English words.

OPTIONS
     -n count
          the number of one-time access passwords to print.   The
          default is one.

EXAMPLE
     >key -n 5 99 th91334
     Enter password: 
     OMEN US HORN OMIT BACK AHOY
      .... 4 more passwords.

SEE ALSO
     skey(1), keyinit(1), keysu(1), keyinfo(1)

AUTHOR
     Command by Phil Karn, Neil M. Haller, John S. Walden