NAME

       lsh-decrypt-key - Decrypts the given key and outputs it in unecrypted form.

SYNOPSIS

       lsh-decrypt-key [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       CAUTION!  The information in this manpage may be invalid or outdated. For authorative information on lsh,
       please see it's Texinfo manual (see the SEE ALSO section).

       The given key (supplied on stdin or in the file given with the --in option) and it's passphrase is  read.
       The key is decrypted and written to stdout (or the file supplied by the --out option).

       This program is usually invoked by the lsh-upgrade-key script.

OPTIONS

       --askpass=Program
              Program to use for reading passwords. Should be an absolute filename.

       --in=encrypted key filename
              (defaults to stdin)

       --out=decrypted key filename
              (defaults to stdout)

       --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

DIAGNOSTICS

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

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYING

       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.

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>.

SEE ALSO

       DSA(5),  lsh(1), lsh-authorize(1), lsh-decode-key(1), lsh-export-key(1), lsh-keygen(1), lsh-make-seed(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

              info lsh

       should give you access to the complete manual.

LSH-DECRYPT-KEY                                   NOVEMBER 2004                               LSH-DECRYPT-KEY(1)