NAME 

usbadm - tool to administrate the pam_usb PAM module

SYNOPSIS 

usbadm <action> [arguments]

DESCRIPTION 

This manual page documents briefly the usbadm command. This tool helps managing users and USB devices for use within pam_usb, providing functions to generate and encrypt private and public DSA keys, control serial numbers access list...

COMMANDS 

help [command]
display action description and usage. If an argument is supplied, print the specific action description and usage, else print the action list summary.
keygen <mntpoint> <user> <bits>
generate per host private/public DSA key pair. Required arguments are: the mountpoint where you mounted the device, the user you want to generate a couple of keys for, and the number of bits the key should be generated with.
cipher <mntpoint> <user> [algorithm]
Manage the cipher for the private key. Can be used for encrypt, decrypt or change password for the private key. See below for the mountpoint and the user. If no algorithm were supplited, you'll be prompted for one. It supports every algoritgm OpenSSL manage (blowfish and 3des among others). If algorithm is none, it'll decrypt the private key and no password will be prompted anymore.
addserial [serial number]
Allows the specified serial number. If none were specified, it'll try to probe the plugged device's one and to allow it.

OTHER INFO 

The website for pam_usb is at http://www.pamusb.org/

AUTHOR 

Andrea Luzzardi <scox@sig11.org>,