.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . .TH BORG-KEY-CHANGE-PASSPHRASE 1 "2017-08-27" "" "borg backup tool" .SH NAME borg-key-change-passphrase \- Change repository key file passphrase . .nr rst2man-indent-level 0 . .de1 rstReportMargin \\$1 \\n[an-margin] level \\n[rst2man-indent-level] level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] - \\n[rst2man-indent0] \\n[rst2man-indent1] \\n[rst2man-indent2] .. .de1 INDENT .\" .rstReportMargin pre: . RS \\$1 . nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin] . nr rst2man-indent-level +1 .\" .rstReportMargin post: .. .de UNINDENT . RE .\" indent \\n[an-margin] .\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .nr rst2man-indent-level -1 .\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]] .in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u .. .SH SYNOPSIS .sp borg [common options] key change\-passphrase [options] [REPOSITORY] .SH DESCRIPTION .sp The key files used for repository encryption are optionally passphrase protected. This command can be used to change this passphrase. .SH OPTIONS .sp See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands. .SS arguments .sp REPOSITORY .SH EXAMPLES .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C # Create a key file protected repository $ borg init \-\-encryption=keyfile \-v /path/to/repo Initializing repository at "/path/to/repo" Enter new passphrase: Enter same passphrase again: Remember your passphrase. Your data will be inaccessible without it. Key in "/root/.config/borg/keys/mnt_backup" created. Keep this key safe. Your data will be inaccessible without it. Synchronizing chunks cache... Archives: 0, w/ cached Idx: 0, w/ outdated Idx: 0, w/o cached Idx: 0. Done. # Change key file passphrase $ borg key change\-passphrase \-v /path/to/repo Enter passphrase for key /root/.config/borg/keys/mnt_backup: Enter new passphrase: Enter same passphrase again: Remember your passphrase. Your data will be inaccessible without it. Key updated .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .sp Fully automated using environment variables: .INDENT 0.0 .INDENT 3.5 .sp .nf .ft C $ BORG_NEW_PASSPHRASE=old borg init \-e=repokey repo # now "old" is the current passphrase. $ BORG_PASSPHRASE=old BORG_NEW_PASSPHRASE=new borg key change\-passphrase repo # now "new" is the current passphrase. .ft P .fi .UNINDENT .UNINDENT .SH SEE ALSO .sp \fIborg\-common(1)\fP .SH AUTHOR The Borg Collective .\" Generated by docutils manpage writer. .