NAME

       "razor-admin" - Razor Registering Agent

SYNOPSIS

           razor-admin [options]  [ -register | -create | -discover ]

DESCRIPTION

       "razor-admin" is the Razor Agent that performs administrative functions, most notably registering
       (-register)

USAGE

       "razor-admin" must have one of the following arguments:

       "-register"
           Registers  a  new  identity, used for authenticating with Razor Nomination Servers.  Identities are a
           user + password pair stored in "<razorhome>/identity-<user>".  The first time "razor-admin -register"
           exits successfully, a symlink "identity" is created to point to the  active  "identity-<user>"  file.
           After  that,  new  identities can be created, but in order to use them the symlink "identity" must be
           changed to point to them. In general, it should be called once from the command  line.  Exits  0  for
           success, exits 1 on failure with a human-readable output message.

           Both  razor-report(1)  and  razor-revoke(1)  require user authentication to work, razor-check(1) does
           not. This allows the Razor Nomination Server to keep track of how many messages a  user  reports  and
           revokes. The more messages a user correctly reports and/or correctly revokes, the more trust the user
           earns.  Likewise,  when  messages  are  incorrectly reported or revoked, the trust goes down for that
           user. Highly trusted users will have the most affect on the Razor database.

       "-discover"
           Force discovery.  This will create "server.*.lst" files in <razorhome>.

       "-create"
           Explicitly creates "razor-agent.conf" file in <razorhome>, as well as  <razorhome>  if  it  does  not
           exist.   Normally  loads  "/etc/razor/razor-agent.conf" if it exists, using defaults for anything not
           found.  Does not attempt to register with server, but will do discovery, see "-discover".

OPTIONS

       "razor-admin" takes following optional arguments:

       "-h"
           Print a usage message and exit.

       "-v"
           Print the version number and exit.

       "-d | --verbose"
           Print debugging information.

       "-debuglevel=n | -dl=n"
           Set debug level to 'n'.  Default is 3 without "-d" option, 9 with.

       "-s"
           Simulate a check. Do everything except talk to the server.

       "-conf=filename"
           Specifies an alternate configuration file.  If not specified, it  is  computed,  see  razor-agents(1)
           manpage for details.  See razor-agent.conf(5) manpage for various configuration options.  The default
           is "<razorhome>/razor-agent.conf".

       "-home=directory"
           Specify  razorhome directory.  This is where the configuration file, logfiles, identities, and server
           files live.  If not specified, it is computed, see razor-agents(1) manpage for details.

       "-logfile=file"
           Specify  file  to  log  to  instead  of  what  is  in  the  configuration  file.   The   default   is
           "<razorhome>/razor-agent.log".

       "-ident=filename"
           Specify  an  identify  file  to  use  for  storing  a  newly  registered identity.  If not specified,
           "<razorhome>/identity-<user>" is used.

       "-rs=razor.server.com"
           Use this Razor Nomination Server instead of reading "servers.nomination.lst".

       "-user=user@domain.com"
           Request to be known as this username. Must be less than 64 chars and may contain A-Z,  a-z,  0-9,  as
           well  printable  chars [ex: - _ @ . + / ]. If not specified, a username will be assigned. Razor users
           are encouraged to use their email addresses as their username.

       "-pass=password"
           Request this password.  Valid chars are the same  as  for  -user.   If  not  specified,  it  will  be
           assigned.

       "-l"
           The  identity  created  during  this "razor-admin" becomes the default.  Normally, the first identity
           file created by "razor-admin" is the default one used.

EXAMPLES

       razor-admin -d -create
           With no global razorhome defined (default) in /etc/razor/razor-agents.conf, creates .razor  directory
           in user's home directory.

           With global razorhome defined in /etc/razor/razor-agents.conf, will try to use that one, will fail if
           it does not have correct permissions.

       razor-admin -register
           Registers  a  new identity, storing it in <lt>razorhome<gt>.  User and pass will be server generated.
           An identity is required for razor-report(1) and razor-revoke(1).

       razor-admin -register -user me@a.com
           Attempts to register a new identity using the user name 'me\@a.com'.  Will fail if  user  is  already
           taken.

       razor-admin -d -create -home=/home/me/.razor
           Creates  .razor  directory  in  user's  home  directory,  which  will then be the default home unless
           specified from cmd-line.  Sends debugging information to stdout, and  does  not  talk  to  any  Razor
           Servers.

       razor-admin -d -create -home=/etc/razor
           Creates  global  razorhome,  /etc/razor.   This  is  the magic directory that will be consulted if no
           razorhome is specified on the cmd-line or found in user's home directory.

AUTHORS

       Vipul Ved Prakash <mail@vipul.net>, and Chad Norwood <chad@samo.org>

SEE ALSO

       razor-agents(1),     razor-agent.conf(5),     razor-check(1),      razor-report(1),      razor-revoke(1),
       razor-whitelist(5)

LICENSE

       This is free software, distributed under the Artistic License 2.0.

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