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Make it clearer that detached SSH cert is optional.

Someone just asked us a question which suggests they might have thought
they need to supply both files in the 'Public-key authentication' box in
the config dialog, to use public-key authentication at all. I can see
why someone might think that, anyway.
This commit is contained in:
Jacob Nevins 2023-07-19 17:15:23 +01:00
parent c406d8efe5
commit 2a6e2dfff4
2 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -2917,7 +2917,8 @@ void setup_config_box(struct controlbox *b, bool midsession,
FILTER_KEY_FILES, false, "Select private key file",
HELPCTX(ssh_auth_privkey),
conf_filesel_handler, I(CONF_keyfile));
ctrl_filesel(s, "Certificate to use with the private key:", 'e',
ctrl_filesel(s, "Certificate to use with the private key "
"(optional):", 'e',
NULL, false, "Select certificate file",
HELPCTX(ssh_auth_cert),
conf_filesel_handler, I(CONF_detached_cert));

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@ -3033,6 +3033,9 @@ PuTTY can't fall back to using this file itself.
\S{config-ssh-cert} \q{\ii{Certificate} to use with the private key}
(This is optional. If you don't know you need it, you can leave this
blank.)
In some environments, user authentication keys can be signed in turn
by a \q{certifying authority} (\q{CA} for short), and user accounts on
an SSH server can be configured to automatically trust any key that's