2.5.2p2: comments in key files

Markus Friedl markus.friedl at informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Sat Apr 21 22:38:56 EST 2001


On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 02:15:45PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 09:51:16PM +0200, Markus Friedl wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:46:41PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> > > It appears to be possible to put comments in DSA key files, even though
> > > comments are not supported in those files:
> > 
> > you can put a comment in the public key file, but
> > not in the private key file. this is why '-c'
> > does not work.
> 
> I know, but the current behavior of -c seems wrong, as it is supposed to let
> you edit comments but it doesn't let you.

i'm not sure. -c does not edit this private key.
for editing the public key you don't need ssh-keygen.



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