dqcache-makekey(8)

✨ dqcache-makekey — from the System Manager's Manual, section 8 ✨

okay bestie, buckle up because this one is short but it's lowkey iconic 💖 this is the dqcache-makekey(8) page, and yes it's a section 8 joint (system manager vibes, we love a sysadmin era) 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

dqcache-makekey — make a DNSCurve secret-key for dqcache

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it makes the key. no cap. 🔑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dqcache-makekey

no flags, no args, no options, no drama. she takes zero arguments and she doesn't want to hear about your opinions 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

dqcache-makekey creates a secret-key (in hex format) for dqcache. that's the entire assignment. it prints the key, you go put it somewhere safe, and you move on with your day ✨

ngl the "put it somewhere safe" part is on you. the tool just makes the key — it does not file your paperwork for you 🙈

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🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

here's the group-chat-approved way to do it, copied exactly so you can paste it with your whole chest:

(
  cd /etc/dqcache/env/
  umask 077
  dqcache-makekey > SECRETKEY.tmp
  mv -f SECRETKEY.tmp SECRETKEY
)

let's break down why this is the moment, bestie:

• cd /etc/dqcache/env/ — go where the env lives, obviously 💖
• umask 077 — set the file creation mask so your shiny new key is not world-readable. this is the "protect your peace" step, fr fr 🔥
• dqcache-makekey > SECRETKEY.tmp — generate the key and write it into a temp file first
• mv -f SECRETKEY.tmp SECRETKEY — atomic-ish glow-up, swap it into place as SECRETKEY

and the whole thing is wrapped in ( … ) so it runs in a subshell and your cd doesn't follow you home. main character energy honestly 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• dqcache(8) — the actual daemon that wants this key so bad 😭
• <https://mojzis.com/software/dq>
• <https://dnscurve.org/>

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and that's the page!! you read a whole manpage, you're so valid for that 🌈⭐ stay secret, stay hex, stay slaying 💜

sign-off: this was dqcache-makekey(8) out of the System Manager's Manual — mwah, go generate a key, bestie 🎀🦋✨