Not exactly -- the authorized_keys file has five space-separated fields: options bits exponent modulus comment. Options is where options are specified (and is an optional field), and comment is still comment. Changing hostname, or anything else, in the comment field will not affect operability in any way. Vineet * Joost Kooij (joost@topaz.mdcc.cx) [010622 13:41]: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 12:48:17PM -0700, der.hans wrote: > > I found /etc/exim/exim.conf, /etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf, > > etc/ppp/options.ttyXX and the ssh host key files. I've left the ssh keys > > alone, but the rest was easy to change. > > IIRC it worked just fine when I changed the hostname part of ssh system > keys some time ago. > > AFAIK the text appended to the ssh key in the identity file is just > comment. In the authorized_keys file, the text space is used to add > constraints or options to that key. > > Cheers, > > > Joost > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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