srptool - GnuTLS SRP tool
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Bugs
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3.7.3 18 Jan 2022 srptool(1)
Copyright
Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Free Software Foundation, and others all rights reserved. This program is
released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.
Description
Simple program that emulates the programs in the Stanford SRP (Secure Remote Password) libraries using
GnuTLS. It is intended for use in places where you don't expect SRP authentication to be the used for
system users.
In brief, to use SRP you need to create two files. These are the password file that holds the users and
the verifiers associated with them and the configuration file to hold the group parameters (called
tpasswd.conf).
Exit Status
One of the following exit values will be returned:
0 (EXIT_SUCCESS) Successful program execution.
1 (EXIT_FAILURE) The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.
SEEALSO
gnutls-cli-debug (1), gnutls-serv (1), srptool (1), psktool (1), certtool (1)
Name
srptool - GnuTLS SRP tool
Options
-dnumber, --debug=number Enable debugging. This option takes an integer number as its argument. The
value of number is constrained to being:
in the range 0 through 9999
Specifies the debug level.
-inumber, --index=number This option takes an integer number as its argument.
-ustring, --username=string-pstring, --passwd=string-snumber, --salt=number This option takes an integer number as its argument.
--verify Verifies the password provided against the password file.
-vstring, --passwd-conf=string Specify a filename or a PKCS #11 URL to read the CAs from.
--create-conf=string Generate a password configuration file..
This generates a password configuration file (tpasswd.conf) containing the required for TLS parameters.
-vkeyword, --version=keyword Output version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a simple
version. The `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will print the full copyright notice.
-h, --help Display usage information and exit.
-!, --more-help Pass the extended usage information through a pager.
EXAMPLES
To create tpasswd.conf which holds the g and n values for SRP protocol (generator and a large
prime), run:
$ srptool --create-conf /etc/tpasswd.conf
This command will create /etc/tpasswd and will add user 'test' (you will also be prompted for a
password). Verifiers are stored by default in the way libsrp expects.
$ srptool --passwd /etc/tpasswd --passwd-conf /etc/tpasswd.conf -u test
This command will check against a password. If the password matches the one in /etc/tpasswd you
will get an ok.
$ srptool --passwd /etc/tpasswd --passwd\-conf /etc/tpasswd.conf --verify -u test
Synopsis
srptool [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-name[[=| ]value]]
All arguments must be options.
