Bug#531069: patch to clarify that the 'agent' is not the filesystem
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 09:50:05AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> tags 531069 patch
> thanks
> --- ssh-add.ORIG.1 2009-05-31 09:44:21.986086000 +0800
> +++ ssh-add.1 2009-05-31 09:43:35.410083027 +0800
> @@ -55,7 +55,10 @@
> .Sh DESCRIPTION
> .Nm
> adds RSA or DSA identities to the authentication agent,
> -.Xr ssh-agent 1 .
> +.Xr ssh-agent 1
> +(and not to the filesystem, see
> +.Xr ssh-keygen 1
> +for that.)
> When run without arguments, it adds the files
> .Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa ,
> .Pa ~/.ssh/id_dsa
I don't think this is necessary and don't intend to apply it. Please
send it upstream yourself if you care enough. (There's no point in me
forwarding patches I disagree with as I will be no good at justifying
them.)
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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