From 16ead30c0feb251ec7b8fcff337ab15a5d946583 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 23:44:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for new host key prompts. The message wording changed in d1dc1e927c. --- doc/errors.but | 6 +++--- doc/gs.but | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/errors.but b/doc/errors.but index 36a42d94..27e2ae32 100644 --- a/doc/errors.but +++ b/doc/errors.but @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ self-explanatory. If you get an error message which is not listed in this chapter and which you don't understand, report it to us as a bug (see \k{feedback}) and we will add documentation for it. -\H{errors-hostkey-absent} \q{The server's host key is not cached in -the registry} +\H{errors-hostkey-absent} \q{The host key is not cached for this +server} This error message occurs when PuTTY connects to a new SSH server. Every server identifies itself by means of a host key; once PuTTY @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ See \k{gs-hostkey} for more information on host keys. \H{errors-hostkey-wrong} \q{WARNING - POTENTIAL SECURITY BREACH!} This message, followed by \q{The server's host key does not match -the one PuTTY has cached in the registry}, means that PuTTY has +the one PuTTY has cached for this server}, means that PuTTY has connected to the SSH server before, knows what its host key \e{should} be, but has found a different one. diff --git a/doc/gs.but b/doc/gs.but index e6a84923..4eff8967 100644 --- a/doc/gs.but +++ b/doc/gs.but @@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ section. If you are using SSH to connect to a server for the first time, you will probably see a message looking something like this: -\c The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You have no -\c guarantee that the server is the computer you think it is. +\c The host key is not cached for this server: +\c ssh.example.com (port 22) +\c You have no guarantee that the server is the computer you think it is. \c The server's ssh-ed25519 key fingerprint is: \c ssh-ed25519 255 SHA256:TddlQk20DVs4LRcAsIfDN9pInKpY06D+h4kSHwWAj4w \c If you trust this host, press "Accept" to add the key to PuTTY's