Information about the package, gen-oath-safe, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gen-oath-safe package is designed for, Script for generating HOTP/TOTP keys (and QR code).
Package Name:
gen-oath-safe
Summary:
Script for generating HOTP/TOTP keys (and QR code)
Description:
This script creates appropriate keys and QR codes for setting up custom tokens. It can create TOTP (time based) and HOTP (event based) tokens, and provide textmode QR codes for loading into Google Authenticator. It can also provide the needed commands to prepare a Yubikey. Only use this on a trusted system with an encrypted filesystem. This script was not designed to be used except by experienced users, so it is not terribly user friendly.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.10.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
6.6 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the gen-oath-safe package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gen-oath-safe
This command will install gen-oath-safe on the server.
yum remove gen-oath-safe
This command will un-install gen-oath-safe on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gen-oath-safe, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gen-oath-safe
This command will un-install gen-oath-safe on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gen-oath-safe when using the -y flag.
yum update gen-oath-safe
This command will update gen-oath-safe to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gen-oath-safe, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gen-oath-safe
This command will update gen-oath-safe to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove gen-oath-safe when using the -y flag.
yum info gen-oath-safe
This command will show you core information about the gen-oath-safe package.
yum deplist gen-oath-safe
This command will show you the dependencies for gen-oath-safe. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update gen-oath-safe
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gen-oath-safe. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.