| Summary: | improve documentation of "ssh-keygen -R" to mention "[hostname]:port" | ||
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| Product: | Portable OpenSSH | Reporter: | Thomas Hofmann <thomas> |
| Component: | ssh-keygen | Assignee: | Assigned to nobody <unassigned-bugs> |
| Status: | CLOSED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | djm |
| Priority: | P5 | ||
| Version: | 7.9p1 | ||
| Hardware: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Bug Depends on: | |||
| Bug Blocks: | 2915 | ||
Fixed - it now reads:
-R hostname | [hostname]:port
Removes all keys belonging to the specified hostname (with
optional port number) from a known_hosts file. This option is
useful to delete hashed hosts (see the -H option above).
closing resolved bugs as of 8.6p1 release |
Improve the documentation of ssh-keygen's -R parameter to explicitly describe how to delete the line in the "known_hosts"-file for non-standard port connections. current: ___ -R hostname Removes all keys belonging to hostname from a known_hosts file. This option is useful to delete hashed hosts (see the -H option above). ___ proposed: ___ -R hostname -R [hostname]:port Removes all keys belonging to hostname and port from a known_hosts file, brackets and ":port" may be ommited if the standard port (22) is used. This option is useful to delete hashed hosts (see the -H option above). ___ Personal remark, at least in the documentation the use of "[]" may lead to misinterpretation, therefore the explicit notion of them in the proposal. It would seem that the use of the representation as "hostname:port" is more natural. Kind regards, Thomas Hofmann