From b2d941c5f99ac1cf396bb7b7959cd0683051ef28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:10:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Removed notice that ssh/rsh access cannot use password authentication from sources.list manpage. --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ doc/sources.list.5.xml | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 9d50b380e..8c1ce3bd7 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ apt (0.7.17) unstable; urgency=low - 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 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:45:17 +0300 diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml index bb154b3b0..8b041391a 100644 --- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml +++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml @@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/ rshssh 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 find and dd commands to perform the file transfers from the remote. -- 2.45.2