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author | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2016-08-06 10:49:59 +0100 |
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committer | Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> | 2016-08-07 12:18:58 +0100 |
commit | 477bb7636238c106f8cd7c868a8c0c5eabcfb3db (patch) | |
tree | 601176af2ecf358c36b766776a86845ad7a3cd6f /ssh-keygen.0 | |
parent | 747fac2de0d889183f67f6900194c0462c558544 (diff) | |
parent | 4c914ccd85bbf391c4dc61b85e3c178fef465e3f (diff) |
New upstream release (7.3p1).
Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-keygen.0')
-rw-r--r-- | ssh-keygen.0 | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.0 b/ssh-keygen.0 index 2b749ae9f..569297da4 100644 --- a/ssh-keygen.0 +++ b/ssh-keygen.0 | |||
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ DESCRIPTION | |||
71 | or forgotten, a new key must be generated and the corresponding public | 71 | or forgotten, a new key must be generated and the corresponding public |
72 | key copied to other machines. | 72 | key copied to other machines. |
73 | 73 | ||
74 | For RSA1 keys, there is also a comment field in the key file that is only | 74 | For RSA1 keys and keys stored in the newer OpenSSH format, there is also |
75 | for convenience to the user to help identify the key. The comment can | 75 | a comment field in the key file that is only for convenience to the user |
76 | tell what the key is for, or whatever is useful. The comment is | 76 | to help identify the key. The comment can tell what the key is for, or |
77 | initialized to M-bM-^@M-^\user@hostM-bM-^@M-^] when the key is created, but can be changed | 77 | whatever is useful. The comment is initialized to M-bM-^@M-^\user@hostM-bM-^@M-^] when the |
78 | using the -c option. | 78 | key is created, but can be changed using the -c option. |
79 | 79 | ||
80 | After a key is generated, instructions below detail where the keys should | 80 | After a key is generated, instructions below detail where the keys should |
81 | be placed to be activated. | 81 | be placed to be activated. |
@@ -117,9 +117,10 @@ DESCRIPTION | |||
117 | Provides a new comment. | 117 | Provides a new comment. |
118 | 118 | ||
119 | -c Requests changing the comment in the private and public key | 119 | -c Requests changing the comment in the private and public key |
120 | files. This operation is only supported for RSA1 keys. The | 120 | files. This operation is only supported for RSA1 keys and keys |
121 | program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for | 121 | stored in the newer OpenSSH format. The program will prompt for |
122 | the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment. | 122 | the file containing the private keys, for the passphrase if the |
123 | key has one, and for the new comment. | ||
123 | 124 | ||
124 | -D pkcs11 | 125 | -D pkcs11 |
125 | Download the RSA public keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared | 126 | Download the RSA public keys provided by the PKCS#11 shared |
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ DESCRIPTION | |||
202 | -l Show fingerprint of specified public key file. Private RSA1 keys | 203 | -l Show fingerprint of specified public key file. Private RSA1 keys |
203 | are also supported. For RSA and DSA keys ssh-keygen tries to | 204 | are also supported. For RSA and DSA keys ssh-keygen tries to |
204 | find the matching public key file and prints its fingerprint. If | 205 | find the matching public key file and prints its fingerprint. If |
205 | combined with -v, an ASCII art representation of the key is | 206 | combined with -v, a visual ASCII art representation of the key is |
206 | supplied with the fingerprint. | 207 | supplied with the fingerprint. |
207 | 208 | ||
208 | -M memory | 209 | -M memory |
@@ -566,4 +567,4 @@ AUTHORS | |||
566 | created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol | 567 | created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH protocol |
567 | versions 1.5 and 2.0. | 568 | versions 1.5 and 2.0. |
568 | 569 | ||
569 | OpenBSD 5.9 February 17, 2016 OpenBSD 5.9 | 570 | OpenBSD 6.0 June 16, 2016 OpenBSD 6.0 |