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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-keygen.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh-keygen.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1 index e2d41141..e2456615 100644 --- a/ssh-keygen.1 +++ b/ssh-keygen.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.48 2001/08/02 15:07:23 jakob Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.49 2001/09/05 06:23:07 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" -*- nroff -*- .\" @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ generates, manages and converts authentication keys for defaults to generating a RSA1 key for use by SSH protocol version 1. Specifying the .Fl t -option allows you to create a key for use by SSH protocol version 2. +option instead creates a key for use by SSH protocol version 2. .Pp Normally each user wishing to use SSH with RSA or DSA authentication runs this once to create the authentication @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ option. .Pp There is no way to recover a lost passphrase. If the passphrase is -lost or forgotten, you will have to generate a new key and copy the +lost or forgotten, a new key must be generated and copied to the corresponding public key to other machines. .Pp For RSA1 keys, @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ Contains the protocol version 1 RSA public key for authentication. The contents of this file should be added to .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines -where you wish to log in using RSA authentication. +where the user wishes to log in using RSA authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret. .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_dsa Contains the protocol version 2 DSA authentication identity of the user. @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Contains the protocol version 2 DSA public key for authentication. The contents of this file should be added to .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines -where you wish to log in using public key authentication. +where the user wishes to log in using public key authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret. .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa Contains the protocol version 2 RSA authentication identity of the user. @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Contains the protocol version 2 RSA public key for authentication. The contents of this file should be added to .Pa $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys on all machines -where you wish to log in using public key authentication. +where the user wishes to log in using public key authentication. There is no need to keep the contents of this file secret. .El .Sh AUTHORS |