fix openpgp2ssh man page to reflect new implementation.

[monkeysphere.git] / man / man1 / openpgp2ssh.1

diff --git a/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1 b/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1
index 8374a9f7858765bbfd139b89039857fb08f360a8..9b0d1a42d0b5a1e3f47488d6f4baa2508d5e723b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1
+++ b/man/man1/openpgp2ssh.1
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ fingerprint of the key or subkey desired, but
 will accept as few as the last 8 digits of the fingerprint as a key
 ID.
 .Pp
-If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA or DSA public key, it will be
-converted to the OpenSSH-style single-line keystring, prefixed with
-the key type.  This format is suitable (with minor alterations) for
+If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA public key, it will be converted
+to the OpenSSH-style single-line keystring, prefixed with the key type
+(ssh-rsa).  This format is suitable (with minor alterations) for
 insertion into known_hosts files and authorized_keys files.
 .Pp
-If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA or DSA secret key, it will be
-converted to the equivalent PEM-encoded private key.
+If the input contains an OpenPGP RSA secret key, it will be converted
+to the equivalent PEM-encoded private key.
 .Pp
 .Nm
 is part of the
@@ -47,15 +47,10 @@ intentional, since ssh attaches no inherent significance to these
 features.
 .Pp
 .Nm
-only works with RSA or DSA keys, because those are the
-only ones which work with ssh.
-.Pp
-Assuming a valid key type, though, 
-.Nm
-will produce output for
-any requested key.  This means, among other things, that it will
-happily export revoked keys, unverifiable keys, expired keys, etc.
-Make sure you do your own key validation before using this tool!
+will produce output for any requested RSA key.  This means, among
+other things, that it will happily export revoked keys, unverifiable
+keys, expired keys, etc.  Make sure you do your own key validation
+before using this tool!
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 .Nm gpg --export-secret-key $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID | ssh-add -c /dev/stdin
 .Pp
@@ -72,6 +67,14 @@ and this man page were written by Daniel Kahn Gillmor
 <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>.
 .Sh BUGS
 .Nm
+only works with RSA keys.  DSA keys are the only other key type
+available in both OpenPGP and SSH, but they are currently unsupported
+by this utility.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+only accepts raw OpenPGP packets on standard input.  It does not
+accept ASCII-armored input.
+.Nm
 Currently only exports into formats used by the OpenSSH.
 It should support other key output formats, such as those used by
 lsh(1) and putty(1).
@@ -80,15 +83,6 @@ Secret key output is currently not passphrase-protected.
 .Pp
 .Nm
 currently cannot handle passphrase-protected secret keys on input.
-.Pp
-Key identifiers consisting of an odd number of hex digits are not
-accepted.  Users who use a key ID with a standard length of 8, 16, or
-40 hex digits should not be affected by this.
-.Pp
-.Nm
-only acts on keys associated with the first primary key
-passed in.  If you send it more than one primary key, it will silently
-ignore later ones.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr pem2openpgp 1 ,
 .Xr monkeysphere 1 ,