X-Git-Url: https://git.adam-barratt.org.uk/?p=mirror%2Fuserdir-ldap.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=web%2Fpassword.wml;h=8901cef44f92566ee37f0acbe26db275f15ea0ce;hp=e4dbee30788bae3ce37e2dc023a9d5b064b58399;hb=386666ec7a3ab737dbe45041d7c7e903aad3bc0c;hpb=95a2edcec85a3ee7fbe7eb3829948238b235e998 diff --git a/web/password.wml b/web/password.wml index e4dbee3..8901cef 100644 --- a/web/password.wml +++ b/web/password.wml @@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ Alternatively, you can do without a password and use PGP to manipulate your LDAP information through the mail gateway and use SSH RSA Authentication to access the servers. To setup OpenSSH for RSA you need to first generate a private RSA key using ssh-keygen and select -a good password for it. Then send the public portion of the key to the LDAP +a good passphrase for it. Then send the public portion of the key to the LDAP directory:
 gpg --clearsign < ~/.ssh/identity.pub | mail change@db.debian.org
 
You can then use this key to authenticate to the machines. Using ssh-agent (automatically run by Debian's X configuration) you can use ssh-add to 'cache' -your password once. Note: Very few -machines have the patched SSH required to support this yet. +your passphrase once.