From 870239d34af25ced748aac7fc31da7c4ca6c0b86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:30:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention -i. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@4688 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/psftp.but | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/psftp.but b/doc/psftp.but index c16b35f6..d18b1e70 100644 --- a/doc/psftp.but +++ b/doc/psftp.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: psftp.but,v 1.6 2004/08/15 17:21:46 jacob Exp $ +\versionid $Id: psftp.but,v 1.7 2004/10/24 18:30:10 jacob Exp $ \C{psftp} Using PSFTP to transfer files securely @@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ using the Windows \c{ren} command to rename files on your local PC. \H{psftp-pubkey} Using public key authentication with PSFTP Like PuTTY, PSFTP can authenticate using a public key instead of a -password. There are two ways you can do this. +password. There are three ways you can do this. Firstly, PSFTP can use PuTTY saved sessions in place of hostnames. So you might do this: @@ -427,7 +427,11 @@ username to log in as (see \k{config-username}). hostname: type \c{psftp sessionname}, where \c{sessionname} is replaced by the name of your saved session. -Secondly, PSFTP will attempt to authenticate using Pageant if Pageant +Secondly, you can supply the name of a private key file on the command +line, with the \c{-i} option. See \k{using-cmdline-identity} for more +information. + +Thirdly, PSFTP will attempt to authenticate using Pageant if Pageant is running (see \k{pageant}). So you would do this: \b Ensure Pageant is running, and has your private key stored in it. -- 2.11.0