X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/putty/blobdiff_plain/2e85c969d67eb14a07314802d4ac5dd63eef660b..e99bb8bfc8d2c1a47b6ae90ef43683d191c30f66:/doc/man-pg.but diff --git a/doc/man-pg.but b/doc/man-pg.but index 92a9aa8a..86136ded 100644 --- a/doc/man-pg.but +++ b/doc/man-pg.but @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ \c puttygen ( keyfile | -t keytype [ -b bits ] ) \e bbbbbbbb iiiiiii bb iiiiiii bb iiii -\c [ -C new-comment ] [ -P ] -\e bb iiiiiiiiiii bb +\c [ -C new-comment ] [ -P ] [ -q ] +\e bb iiiiiiiiiii bb bb \c [ -O output-type | -l | -L | -p ] \e bb iiiiiiiiiii bb bb bb \c [ -o output-file ] @@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ the following section. \S{puttygen-manpage-options} OPTIONS In the first phase, \c{puttygen} either loads or generates a key. -The options to control this are: +Note that generating a key requires random data (from +\c{/dev/random}), which can cause \c{puttygen} to pause, possibly for +some time if your system does not have much randomness available. + +The options to control this phase are: \dt \e{keyfile} @@ -56,6 +60,10 @@ generate SSH-1 keys). \dd Specify the size of the key to generate, in bits. Default is 1024. +\dt \cw{\-q} + +\dd Suppress the progress display when generating a new key. + In the second phase, \c{puttygen} optionally alters properties of the key it has loaded or generated. The options to control this are: @@ -91,8 +99,8 @@ be the standard SSH-1 key format, or PuTTY's own SSH-2 key format. \dd Save the public key only. For SSH-1 keys, the standard public key format will be used (\q{\cw{1024 37 5698745}...}). For SSH-2 keys, the -public key will be output in the format specified in the IETF -drafts, which is a multi-line text file beginning with the line +public key will be output in the format specified by RFC 4716, +which is a multi-line text file beginning with the line \q{\cw{---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----}}. \dt \cw{public-openssh} @@ -142,6 +150,22 @@ fingerprint. Otherwise, the \c{\-o} option is required. \dd Synonym for \q{\cw{-O public}}. +The following options do not run PuTTYgen as normal, but print +informational messages and then quit: + +\dt \cw{\-h}, \cw{\-\-help} + +\dd Display a message summarizing the available options. + +\dt \cw{\-V}, \cw{\-\-version} + +\dd Display the version of PuTTYgen. + +\dt \cw{\-\-pgpfp} + +\dd Display the fingerprints of the PuTTY PGP Master Keys, to aid +in verifying new files released by the PuTTY team. + \S{puttygen-manpage-examples} EXAMPLES To generate an SSH-2 RSA key pair and save it in PuTTY's own format