lsh-make-seed - Creates random seed file for the YARROW pseudorandomnessgenerator.

Author

       The lsh program suite is written mainly by Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>.

       This man-page was written for lsh 2.0 by Pontus Freyhult <pont_lsh@soua.net>, it is based on  a  template
       written by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>.

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       The  lsh  suite  of  programs  is  distributed  under the GNU General Public License; see the COPYING and
       AUTHORS files in the source distribution for details.

Description

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       Creates an initial random seed file for the YARROW pseudorandomnessgenerator used by lsh.

Diagnostics

       See the --log-file , --verbose , --trace and --debug options.

Name

       lsh-make-seed - Creates random seed file for the YARROW pseudorandomnessgenerator.

Options

-f, --force
              Overwrite any existing seed file.

       -o, --output-file=Filename Default is ~/.lsh/seed-file--server
              Save seed file where the lshd server expects it

       --sloppy
              Generate seed file even if we can't collect a good amount of randomness from the environment.

       --debug
              Print huge amounts of debug information

       --log-file=File name
              Append messages to this file.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress all warnings and diagnostic messages

       --trace
              Detailed trace

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose diagnostic messages

       -?, --help
              Give this help list

       --usage
              Give a short usage message

       -V, --version
              Print program version

       Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory  or  optional  for  any  corresponding
       short options.

Reporting Bugs

       Report bugs to <bug-lsh@gnu.org>.

DSA(5),   lsh(1),   lsh-authorize(1),   lsh-decode-key(1),  lsh-decrypt-key(1),  lsh-export-key(1),  lsh-keygen(1), lsh-upgrade(1), lsh-upgrade-key(1), lsh-writekey(1), lshd(8), secsh(5), SHA(5), SPKI(5),  ssh-conv(1)

       The  full  documentation  for  lsh  is  maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and lsh programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              infolsh

       should give you access to the complete manual.

LSH-MAKE-SEED                                     NOVEMBER 2004                                 LSH-MAKE-SEED(1)