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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/signing.txt | 24 |
2 files changed, 0 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml index 5848b84a0173..97e261ae993d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.xml @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ <arg choice='plain'><option>--to</option></arg> <arg choice='plain'><option>--from</option></arg> </group> - <arg><option>--sign</option></arg> <arg><option>--gzip</option></arg> <!-- <arg><option>- -show-progress</option></arg> @@ -87,23 +86,6 @@ those paths. If this bothers you, use </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><option>--sign</option></term> - - <listitem><para>Let the sending machine cryptographically sign the - dump of each path with the key in - <filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/signing-key.sec</filename>. - If the user on the target machine does not have direct access to - the Nix store (i.e., if the target machine has a multi-user Nix - installation), then the target machine will check the dump against - <filename><replaceable>sysconfdir</replaceable>/nix/signing-key.pub</filename> - before unpacking it in its Nix store. This allows secure sharing - of store paths between untrusted users on two machines, provided - that there is a trust relation between the Nix installations on - both machines (namely, they have matching public/secret - keys).</para></listitem> - - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><option>--gzip</option></term> <listitem><para>Enable compression of the SSH diff --git a/doc/signing.txt b/doc/signing.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 7403cac470b2..000000000000 --- a/doc/signing.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -Generate a private key: - -$ (umask 277 && openssl genrsa -out /etc/nix/signing-key.sec 2048) - -The private key should be kept secret (only readable to the Nix daemon -user). - - -Generate the corresponding public key: - -$ openssl rsa -in /etc/nix/signing-key.sec -pubout > /etc/nix/signing-key.pub - -The public key should be copied to all machines to which you want to -export store paths. - - -Signing: - -$ nix-hash --type sha256 --flat svn.nar | openssl rsautl -sign -inkey mykey.sec > svn.nar.sign - - -Verifying a signature: - -$ test "$(nix-hash --type sha256 --flat svn.nar)" = "$(openssl rsautl -verify -inkey mykey.pub -pubin -in svn.nar.sign)" |