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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
-rw-r--r--doc/sources.list.5.xml4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9d50b380e..8c1ce3bd7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ apt (0.7.17) unstable; urgency=low
- Documented 'Acquire::PDiffs' in apt.conf manpage. (Closes: #376029)
- Added 'copy', 'rsh', 'ssh' to the list of recognized URI schemes in
sources.list manpage, as they are already described under in the manpage.
+ - Removed notice that ssh/rsh access cannot use password authentication
+ from sources.list manpage. Thanks to Steffen Joeris. (Closes: #434894)
-- Eugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:45:17 +0300
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index bb154b3b0..8b041391a 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/
<varlistentry><term>rsh</term><term>ssh</term>
<listitem><para>
The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host
- as a given user and access the files. No password authentication is
- possible, prior arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts must have been made.
+ as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior
+ arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts.
Access to files on the remote uses standard <command>find</command> and
<command>dd</command>
commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem>