[openssh-commits] [openssh] 01/07: upstream commit

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commit b6cf84b51bc0f5889db48bf29a0c771954ade283
Author: jmc at openbsd.org <jmc at openbsd.org>
Date:   Thu Jun 16 06:10:45 2016 +0000

    upstream commit
    
    keys stored in openssh format can have comments too; diff
    from yonas yanfa, tweaked a bit;
    
    ok djm
    
    Upstream-ID: 03d48536da6e51510d73ade6fcd44ace731ceb27
---
 ssh-keygen.1 | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1
index 9835539..ce2213c 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.1
+++ b/ssh-keygen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.132 2016/05/03 18:38:12 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.133 2016/06/16 06:10:45 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 3 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 16 2016 $
 .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ There is no way to recover a lost passphrase.
 If the passphrase is lost or forgotten, a new key must be generated
 and the corresponding public key copied to other machines.
 .Pp
-For RSA1 keys,
+For RSA1 keys and keys stored in the newer OpenSSH format,
 there is also a comment field in the key file that is only for
 convenience to the user to help identify the key.
 The comment can tell what the key is for, or whatever is useful.
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ flag will be ignored.
 Provides a new comment.
 .It Fl c
 Requests changing the comment in the private and public key files.
-This operation is only supported for RSA1 keys.
+This operation is only supported for RSA1 keys and keys stored in the
+newer OpenSSH format.
 The program will prompt for the file containing the private keys, for
 the passphrase if the key has one, and for the new comment.
 .It Fl D Ar pkcs11

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