From a628e2a916cd96c23a38007c6967eb9839b0b931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:11:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update for `win-randseed-location' fix. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@8029 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 9c85deb8..abd5ebd2 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -383,10 +383,9 @@ while host keys are stored under \c{SshHostKeys}. PuTTY also requires a random number seed file, to improve the unpredictability of randomly chosen data needed as part of the SSH -cryptography. This is stored by default in a file called \i\c{PUTTY.RND} -in your Windows home directory (\c{%HOMEDRIVE%\\%HOMEPATH%}), or in -the actual Windows directory (such as \c{C:\\WINDOWS}) if the home -directory doesn't exist, for example if you're using Win95. If you +cryptography. This is stored by default in a file called \i\c{PUTTY.RND}; +this is stored by default in the \q{Application Data} directory, +or failing that, one of a number of fallback locations. If you want to change the location of the random number seed file, you can put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at -- 2.11.0