docs/100795: Typo in ssh_config(5)

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Tue Jul 25 15:25:09 UTC 2006


On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Alan Amesbury wrote:

>> Fix:
> Apply this patch to ssh_config.5:
>
> *** ssh_config.5.orig   Mon Jul 24 20:50:13 2006
> --- ssh_config.5        Mon Jul 24 20:50:20 2006
> ***************
> *** 461,467 ****
>  be disclosed.
>  The default is
>  .Dq no .
> ! Note that hashing of names and addresses will not be retrospectively applied
>  to existing known hosts files, but these may be manually hashed using
>  .Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
>  .It Cm HostbasedAuthentication
> --- 461,467 ----
>  be disclosed.
>  The default is
>  .Dq no .
> ! Note that hashing of names and addresses will not be retroactively applied
>  to existing known hosts files, but these may be manually hashed using
>  .Xr ssh-keygen 1 .
>  .It Cm HostbasedAuthentication
>
> In that context, "retrospectively" makes less sense than "retroactively."

Agreed, but that whole sentence is confusing.  How about this:

! Note that unhashed names and addresses already in known hosts files
   will not be hashed automatically, but these may be manually hashed
   using
   .Xr ssh-keygen 1 .

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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