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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2007-02-21 14:31:42 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2007-02-21 14:31:42 +0000
commit46e0919ced4646004cc0701b188d0a68e24e8924 (patch)
tree3262f8068c38489029753c528a123b2c685aea68 /doc
parent6c9fdb17fbda181fc09a9ce1f49662ef522d006b (diff)
* `nix-store --export --sign': sign the Nix archive using the RSA key
in /nix/etc/nix/signing-key.sec
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diff --git a/doc/signing.txt b/doc/signing.txt
index fad14d743..1d042e95e 100644
--- a/doc/signing.txt
+++ b/doc/signing.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Generate a private key:
-$ openssl genrsa -out mykey.sec 2048
+$ (umask 277 && openssl genrsa -out /nix/etc/nix/signing-key.sec 2048)
The private key should be kept secret (only readable to the Nix daemon
user).
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ user).
Generate the corresponding public key:
-$ openssl rsa -in mykey.sec -pubout > mykey.pub
+$ openssl rsa -in /nix/etc/nix/signing-key.sec -pubout > /nix/etc/nix/signing-key.pub
The public key should be copied to all machines to which you want to
export store paths.