Clearing up language in man page of ssh-keygen

Bug #920636 reported by Bosse Klykken
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openssh (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The man page of ssh-keygen states that "if the passphrase is lost or forgotten, a new key must be generated and copied to the corresponding public key to other machines."

This seems to be a wording snafu. I've attached a small diff to attempt a fix so that the meaning becomes more clear.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ssh (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 23 20:55:58 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
SourcePackage: openssh
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Bosse Klykken (bosse) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "Patch with suggested wording to make statement correct" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-reviewers team please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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tags: added: patch
Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ken Sharp (kennybobs) wrote :

Would it not be better to send this upstream rather than having it sitting around, ignored, on Launchpad for years?

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Simon Déziel (sdeziel) wrote :

Trusty and later have the correct wording so marking as fix released.

Changed in openssh (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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