Hi tech, I find the signify manpage regarding the examples a little bit strange. The sign example shows not the relationship between the message that should be signed and the signature file.
So I changed the manpage a bit to be more clear. Regards, Fritjof Index: signify.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/signify/signify.1,v retrieving revision 1.22 diff -u -p -u -r1.22 signify.1 --- signify.1 17 Jan 2014 03:38:12 -0000 1.22 +++ signify.1 27 Feb 2014 13:58:05 -0000 @@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ Create a new keypair: .Dl $ signify -G -p newkey.pub -s newkey.sec .Pp Sign a file, specifying a signature name: -.Dl $ signify -S -s key.sec -m message.txt -x msg.sig +.Dl $ signify -S -s key.sec -m message.txt -x message.txt.sig .Pp Verify a signature, using the default signature name: -.Dl $ signify -V -p key.pub -m generalsorders.txt +.Dl $ signify -V -p key.pub -m message.txt .Pp Verify a release directory containing .Pa SHA256.sig
