From 55945b192cb2d1af5707752069e5d385c40a7974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacob Nevins Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 18:32:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Tweak key file config docs re Pageant. Clarify that it's not necessary to faff around with explicit key configuration if you're using Pageant. --- doc/config.but | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index 9c5927ef..5e8c775b 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -2704,10 +2704,12 @@ This key must be in PuTTY's native format (\c{*.\i{PPK}}). If you have a private key in another format that you want to use with PuTTY, see \k{puttygen-conversions}. -If a key file is specified here, and \i{Pageant} is running (see -\k{pageant}), PuTTY will first try asking Pageant to authenticate with -that key, and ignore any other keys Pageant may have. If that fails, -PuTTY will ask for a passphrase as normal. +You can use the authentication agent \i{Pageant} so that you do not +need to explicitly configure a key here; see \k{pageant}. If a file +is specified here with Pageant running, PuTTY will first try asking +Pageant to authenticate with that key, and ignore any other keys +Pageant may have. If that fails, PuTTY will ask for a passphrase as +normal. \H{config-ssh-auth-gssapi} The \i{GSSAPI} panel