ssh.1 Fix -i (mention .pub files if key in agent) #215
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The -i option section in ssh.1 is incomplete. It states that the -i option argument is the private key file. This is one of two possibilities. If the private key only exists in ssh-agent, and not locally on disk, then the -i option argument needs to be the corresponding public key file instead. The reader is given no clue that this is a possibility. This commit adds a short sentence to make this clear.
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A variant of this was committed upstream (2282e83b0ff78d2efbe705883b67240745fa5bb2). Thanks. |
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The -i option section in ssh.1 is incomplete. It states that the -i option argument is the private key file. This is one of two possibilities. If the private key only exists in ssh-agent, and not locally on disk, then the -i option argument needs to be the corresponding public key file instead. The reader is given no clue that this is a possibility. This commit adds a short sentence to make this clear.