On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 10:22:32PM -0400, Yonas Yanfa wrote: > Hi, > > Keys stored in the new format (-o) can have their comments modified, along > with RSA1 keys. I've attached a patch to mention this. > > Cheers, > Yonas >
fixed, thanks, though i altered the wording a little. jmc Index: ssh-keygen.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-keygen.1,v retrieving revision 1.132 diff -u -r1.132 ssh-keygen.1 --- ssh-keygen.1 3 May 2016 18:38:12 -0000 1.132 +++ ssh-keygen.1 16 Jun 2016 06:09:39 -0000 @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ 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 @@ 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
