From 9310cb7da456e0846d9e842e99e0c086dd94a259 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:18:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention `-cleanup' caveats on multi-user systems. Mention installer in faq-cleanup. Fix indexing snafu. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@5422 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 7 ++++++- doc/using.but | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 84673843..10eb4d89 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -952,7 +952,12 @@ PuTTY will leave some Registry entries, and a random seed file, on the PC (see \k{faq-settings}). If you are using PuTTY on a public PC, or somebody else's PC, you might want to clean these up when you leave. You can do that automatically, by running the command -\c{putty -cleanup}. +\c{putty -cleanup}. (Note that this only removes settings for +the currently logged-in user on \i{multi-user systems}.) + +If PuTTY was installed from the installer package, it will also +appear in \q{Add/Remove Programs}. Uninstallation does not currently +remove the above-mentioned registry entries and file. \S{faq-dsa}{Question} How come PuTTY now supports DSA, when the website used to say how insecure it was? diff --git a/doc/using.but b/doc/using.but index 46d5f164..9a6ec868 100644 --- a/doc/using.but +++ b/doc/using.but @@ -520,9 +520,13 @@ use the \c{-load} option (described in \k{using-cmdline-load}). If invoked with the \c{-cleanup} option, rather than running as normal, PuTTY will remove its \I{removing registry entries}registry -entries and \I{random seed file} from the local machine (after +entries and \i{random seed file} from the local machine (after confirming with the user). +Note that on \i{multi-user systems}, \c{-cleanup} only removes +registry entries and files associated with the currently logged-in +user. + \S{using-general-opts} Standard command-line options PuTTY and its associated tools support a range of command-line -- 2.11.0