Tomb/doc/tomb.1
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includes also timeout to ask_usbkey, correct naming of tomb
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.TH tomb 1 "January 25, 2011" "tomb"
.SH NAME
Tomb \- the Crypto Undertaker
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B
.IP "tomb [options] command [file] [mountpoint]"
.B
.IP "tomb-open [file]"
.B
.IP "tomb-status mountpoint"
.B
.IP "tomb-askpass [file]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
Tomb is a simple commandline tool for encrypted storage and it comes
complete with programs to facilitate its operation by desktop users.
Tomb generates encrypted storage files to be opened and closed using
their associated keyfiles, which are also protected with a password
chosen by the user.
A tomb is like a locked folder that can be safely transported and
hidden in a filesystem; its keys can be kept separate, for instance
keeping the tomb file on your computer harddisk and the key files on a
USB stick.
When specified, \fIfile\fR is the name of the tomb to be created or
opened, while \fImountpoint\fR is an existing directory where its
contents should be made accessible.
For simplified use, the command \fItomb-open\fR can be used to start a
wizard that guides users in the creation of a new tomb or, if the
\fIfile\fR argument is specified, to open a tomb and make it
accessible in a default location under the /media folder.
The other commands \fItomb-status\fR and \fItomb-askpass\fR are mostly
for internal use (they are called by tomb with the right arguments)
and serve the purpose of communicating with the user via the graphical
interface.
The auxiliary programs \fI
.SH COMMANDS
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.IP "create"
Create a new encrypted storage \fIfile\fR and its keys
.B
.IP "open"
Opens an existing tomb \fIfile\fR. The \fImountpoint\fR where the tomb
will be made accessible can be specified, if not the default is to
create a directory named like the tomb inside /media.
.B
.IP "close"
Closes a currently open tomb. When \fIfile\fR is specified, it should
point to the /dev/mapper name used to mount the tomb; if \fIfile\fR is
not specified and only one tomb is open, then it will be closed; if
multiple tombs are open, the command will list them on the terminal.
.SH OPTIONS
.B
.B
.IP "-s \fI<MBytes>\fR"
When creating a tomb, this option must be used to specify the size of
the new \fIfile\fR to be created, in megabytes.
.B
.IP "-k \fI<keyfile>\fR"
When opening a tomb, this option can be used to specify the location
of the key to use. Keys are created with the same name of the tomb
file adding a '.gpg' suffix, but can be later renamed and transported
on other media. When a key is not found, the program asks to insert a
USB storage device and it will look for the key file inside it.
.B
.IP "-S"
The tomb commandline tool needs to acquire super user rights (to
become root) for most of its operations. When used, this option will
tell the tomb program to use 'sudo' or 'gksu' to ask the user for the
password or use the one already in cache.
.B
.IP "-h"
Display a help text and quit
.B
.IP "-v"
Display version and quit
.SH BUGS
Please report bugs on the tracker at http://bugs.dyne.org
Get in touch with developers via mail using this web page
http://dyne.org/contact or via chat on http://irc.dyne.org
.SH AUTHORS
.SH COPYING
This manual is Copyleft (c) 2011 Denis Roio <\fIjaromil@dyne.org\fR>
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this manual
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual page provided the above copyright notice and this permission
notice are preserved on all copies.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The most recent version of Tomb sourcecode and up to date
documentation should be available for download from
\fIhttp://tomb.dyne.org\fR.
.SH SEE ALSO
.B
.IP cryptsetup(8)
GnuPG website on http://www.gnupg.org
DM-Crypt website on http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt
LUKS website, http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup