X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=web%2Fmanual.m4;h=1cf6ac29b0b7195c63af6093f4caac24b75f6ac7;hb=8b7f38b319ffcf0bec4709f2f1537be6aacb9901;hp=18c6608ff12bc8646056b9199c4db07a5e8c11a6;hpb=1bd959037dedcabf2b541f03c2bf51d179fe312f;p=paraslash.git diff --git a/web/manual.m4 b/web/manual.m4 index 18c6608f..1cf6ac29 100644 --- a/web/manual.m4 +++ b/web/manual.m4 @@ -377,15 +377,10 @@ key pair with the commands ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 # hit enter twice to create a key with no passphrase -This generates the two files id_rsa and id_rsa.pub in ~/.ssh. Note -that paraslash can also read keys generated by the "openssl genrsa" -command. However, since keys created with ssh-keygen can also be used -for ssh, this method is recommended. - -Note that para_server refuses to use a key if it is shorter than 2048 -bits. In particular, the RSA keys of paraslash 0.3.x will not work -with version 0.4.x. Moreover, para_client refuses to use a (private) -key which is world-readable. +This generates the two files id_rsa and id_rsa.pub in ~/.ssh. +Note that para_server refuses to use a key if it is shorter than +2048 bits. Moreover, para_client refuses to use a private key which +is world-readable. para_server only needs to know the public key of the key pair just created. Copy this public key to server_host: