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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 index 67049e7ef12..9b00433a3c8 100644 --- a/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 +++ b/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" .\" Created: Sat Apr 22 21:55:14 1995 ylo .\" -.\" $Id: ssh.1,v 1.14 1999/10/06 20:07:42 dugsong Exp $ +.\" $Id: ssh.1,v 1.15 1999/10/11 20:40:08 markus Exp $ .\" .Dd September 25, 1999 .Dt SSH 1 @@ -773,7 +773,11 @@ modify this file. .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity Contains the RSA authentication identity of the user. This file contains sensitive data and should be readable by the user but not -accessible by others. It is possible to specify a passphrase when +accessible by others (read/write/execute). +Note that +.Nm +ignores this file if it is accessible by others. +It is possible to specify a passphrase when generating the key; the passphrase will be used to encrypt the sensitive part of this file using 3DES. .It Pa $HOME/.ssh/identity.pub |