OTP(1)

👑 OTP — manages one-time passwords 💅

okay bestie, so this is from the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally the tool that handles your whole one-time password era. let's get into it 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

otp [-dhlor] [-f algorithm] [-u user] sequence-number seed

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the otp program initializes and updates your current series of one-time passwords (OTPs). it's giving password-glow-up, no cap 💖

use this to set a new series of one-time passwords. only perform this on the console or over an encrypted link, because you're gonna have to supply your pass-phrase. the other two parameters are sequence-number and seed. that's the whole vibe 🔐✨

options are:

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d — to delete a one-time password. bye bestie 💀
• -f — choose a different algorithm from the default md5. pick any of: md4, md5, and sha. choose your fighter 💅
• -h — for getting a help message. when you're lost, this is your emotional support flag 🥺
• -l — list the current table of one-time passwords. let's see the receipts 👀
• -o — to open (unlock) the otp-entry for a user. unlocking, main character energy 🔓
• -r — to renew a one-time password series. this operation can be performed over an potentially eavesdropped link because you do not supply the pass-phrase. first you need to supply the current one-time password and then the new one corresponding to the supplied sequence-number and seed. glow-up for your password series, and lowkey safe even if someone's eavesdropping 🦋
• -u — to choose a different user to set one-time passwords for. this only works when running otp as root. so like, permission check first, queen 👑

ngl, that -r one is the only flag here that's fine over a link someone could be snooping on — the others want you on the console or on an encrypted connection, because pass-phrase. respect the rules, fr fr 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• otpprint(1)

and that's the whole thing bestie!! this lil page is brought to you by KTH-KRB, dated November 17, 1996 — yeah she's vintage but she ATE and she's still iconic ⭐👑💜