From ef9e257c192e1b67c0a769e51b6b2209fa03a39b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Chris St. Pierre" Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:46:27 -0500 Subject: docs: clarified how authorized_keys is generated --- doc/server/plugins/generators/cfg.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/server/plugins/generators/cfg.txt b/doc/server/plugins/generators/cfg.txt index f41fa10bb..dcaeef4f8 100644 --- a/doc/server/plugins/generators/cfg.txt +++ b/doc/server/plugins/generators/cfg.txt @@ -545,6 +545,20 @@ Example +.. note:: + + ``authorized_keys.xml`` allows you to specify the group whose + public key should be allowed. This retrieves the public key + specific to that group (if it exists), *not* the public key for + all hosts in that group. This is due to the performance penalties + that would be imposed by that approach. + + Similarly, it is not possible to allow access from all keys for a + given user (i.e., at a given path). + + Hopefully, the performance concerns can be resolved in a future + release and these features can be added. + Configuration ------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22