- Documented 'Acquire::PDiffs' in apt.conf manpage. (Closes: #376029)
- Added 'copy', 'rsh', 'ssh' to the list of recognized URI schemes in
sources.list manpage, as they are already described under in the manpage.
+ - Removed notice that ssh/rsh access cannot use password authentication
+ from sources.list manpage. Thanks to Steffen Joeris. (Closes: #434894)
-- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:45:17 +0300
<varlistentry><term>rsh</term><term>ssh</term>
<listitem><para>
The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host
- as a given user and access the files. No password authentication is
- possible, prior arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts must have been made.
+ as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior
+ arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts.
Access to files on the remote uses standard <command>find</command> and
<command>dd</command>
commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem>