NAME

       srptool - Simple SRP password tool

SYNOPSIS

       srptool [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Very  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).

OPTIONS

       --bits BITS
              specify  the  number  of  bits  for prime numbers (used only when the --create-conf
              option is used).

       --create-conf FILE
              Generate a tpasswd.conf file.

       -h, --help
              Prints a short reminder of the command line options.

       -i, --index INDEX
              Specify the index of the parameters in tpasswd.conf to use.

       -p, --passwd FILE
              Specify a password file.

       -c, --passwd-conf FILE
              Specify a password configuration file.

       -s, --salt SALT
              Specify salt size for crypt algorithm.

       -u, --username username
              Specify username.

       --verify
              Just verify password.

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

AUTHOR

       Nikos        Mavrogiannopoulos        <nmav@gnutls.org>        and       others;       see
       /usr/share/doc/gnutls-bin/AUTHORS for a complete list.

       This manual page was written by Ivo Timmermans <ivo@debian.org>, for the Debian  GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).

                                        February 21st 2005                             srptool(1)