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29 .Nd create, delete or list egos
32 .Op Fl C Ar NAME | Fl \-create= Ns Ar NAME
33 .Op Fl D Ar NAME | Fl \-delete= Ns Ar NAME
35 .Op Fl e Ar NAME | Fl \-ego= Ns Ar NAME
38 .Op Fl p | \-private-keys
40 .Op Fl s Ar SUBSYSTEM | Fl \-set= Ns Ar SUBSYSTEM
44 is a tool for managing egos.
45 An ego is the persona that controls a namespace.
46 It is identical to a public-private ECC key pair.
48 gnunet-identity can be used to list all of the egos that were
49 created locally, to create new egos, and to delete
50 existing egos (the namespace will continue to exist, but it will
51 be impossible to add additional data to it).
53 Creating a new ego requires using the
55 option together with an identifier (name) that is to be used for
57 This identifier is only used locally for this peer and not shared
59 The options are as follows:
60 .Bl -tag -width indent
61 .It Fl C Ar NAME | Fl \-create= Ns Ar NAME
62 Creates a new ego with the given
64 .It Fl D Ar NAME | Fl \-delete= Ns Ar NAME
65 Delete the ego with the given
68 Display all of our egos.
69 .It Fl e Ar NAME | Fl \-ego= Ns Ar NAME
70 Perform "set" operation with the respective ego or restrict "display"
71 operation to the respective ego.
75 Run in monitor mode, listing all ouf our egos until CTRL-C is pressed.
76 Each ego is listed together with a unique pointer value; if
77 egos are renamed, that pointer value remains the same,
78 if egos are deleted, they are listed one more time with a name of "<null>".
79 .It Fl p | \-private-keys
80 Print the private keys (in Crockford Base32 encoding), and not just the public keys.
82 Be quiet, in particular outputs only the public key when listing egos.
83 .It Fl s Ar SUBSYSTEM | Fl \-set= Ns Ar SUBSYSTEM
84 Perform "set" operation for the specified
86 with the respective ego.
87 Needs to be used together with option
89 After this, the given SUBSYSTEM will use the ego with the specified NAME.
94 Be verbose, in particular outputs the public key of freshly created egos.
97 .Pa ~/.local/share/gnunet/identity/egos
98 Directory where the egos are stored by default
102 .Xr gnunet-namestore 1
104 The full documentation for gnunet is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
107 and gnunet programs are properly installed at your site, the command
111 should give you access to the complete handbook,
113 .Dl info gnunet-c-tutorial
115 will give you access to a tutorial for developers.
117 Depending on your installation, this information is also available in
119 .Xr gnunet-c-tutorial 7 .
124 .Lk https://bugs.gnunet.org
125 or by sending electronic mail to
126 .Aq Mt gnunet-developers@gnu.org .