From 958be97ce76eb774408b2e32cbb1c2afb80026d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Tatham Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:29:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] -pw in Plink doesn't work in Telnet. Mention this. [originally from svn r1554] --- doc/plink.but | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/plink.but b/doc/plink.but index a1ef625f..4b06e11b 100644 --- a/doc/plink.but +++ b/doc/plink.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.13 2001/12/31 16:15:19 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: plink.but,v 1.14 2002/02/04 13:29:04 simon Exp $ \C{plink} Using the command-line connection tool Plink @@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ on the Plink command line. This is \e{not recommended} for reasons of security. If you possibly can, we recommend you set up public-key authentication instead. See \k{pubkey} for details. +Note that the \c{-pw} option only works when you are using the SSH +protocol. Due to fundamental limitations of Telnet and Rlogin, these +protocols do not support automated password authentication. + \S2{plink-usage-options-user}\c{-l username} login with specified username