On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 07:53:23PM -0700, Matthew Clarke wrote: > Hi. > > ssh-keygen(1) reads, in part: > > -i This option will read an unencrypted private (or public) > key file > in the format specified by the -m option and print an OpenSSH > compatible private (or public) key to stdout. > > [ snip ] > > -K checkpt > Write the last line processed to the file checkpt while > performing DH candidate screening using the -T option. This will > be used to skip lines in the input file that have already been > processed if the job is restarted. This option allows importing > keys from other software, including several commercial SSH > implementations. The default import format is ``RFC4716''. > > I think the -K option description's last two sentences belong with the -i > option description instead. >
you're right. it seems the text for the (then new) -K option was added in the wrong place in -r1.108. just fixed it. thanks, jmc > Index: ssh-keygen.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-keygen.1,v > retrieving revision 1.121 > diff -u -r1.121 ssh-keygen.1 > --- ssh-keygen.1 15 Mar 2014 17:28:26 -0000 1.121 > +++ ssh-keygen.1 31 Mar 2014 02:23:30 -0000 > @@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ > .Fl m > option and print an OpenSSH compatible private > (or public) key to stdout. > +This option allows importing keys from other software, including several > +commercial SSH implementations. > +The default import format is > +.Dq RFC4716 . > .It Fl J Ar num_lines > Exit after screening the specified number of lines > while performing DH candidate screening using the > @@ -350,10 +354,6 @@ > option. > This will be used to skip lines in the input file that have already been > processed if the job is restarted. > -This option allows importing keys from other software, including several > -commercial SSH implementations. > -The default import format is > -.Dq RFC4716 . > .It Fl k > Generate a KRL file. > In this mode, > > > Thanks, > Matt. > -- > "Perfection [in design] is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, > but rather when there is nothing left to take away." > -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
