grid-change-pass-phrase(1) - Linux man page

Name

grid-change-pass-phrase - Change the passphrase of a private key

Synopsis

grid-change-pass-phrase [-help] [-usage] [-version] [-versions]

grid-change-pass-phrase [-file PRIVATE-KEY]

Description

The grid-change-pass-phrase program changes the passphrase protecting a private key or PKCS12 bundle containing a private key and certificate. By default, grid-change-pass-phrase uses the X509_USER_KEY environment variable to locate the private key. If that is not set, then it looks for $HOME/.globus/userkey.pem and $HOME/.globus/usercred.p12 in succession. The path to a key can be specified by using the -file command-line option.

The full set of command-line options to grid-change-pass-phrase are:

-help, -usage

Display the command-line options to grid-change-pass-phrase and exit.

-version, -versions

Display the version number of the grid-change-pass-phrase command. The second form includes more details.

-file PRIVATE-KEY

Change the passphrase of the private key named by PRIVATE-KEY instead of the default.

Examples

Change the passphrase of the default private key:

% grid-change-pass-phrase

Enter pass phrase for /home/juser/.globus/userkey.pem:
writing RSA key
Enter PEM pass phrase:
Verifying - Enter PEM pass phrase:

Environment Variables

The following environment variables affect the execution of grid-change-pass-phrase:

X509_USER_KEY

Path to the default private key file.

Author

University of Chicago