From 58a77e2eac23f22708002e00a57af1b9cbec282f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damien Miller Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 08:36:29 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2011/05/06 01:09:53 [sftp.1] mention that IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets; bz#1845 --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ sftp.1 | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5201e5a2e..440b06e54 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ - dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2011/05/06 01:03:35 [sshd_config] clarify language about overriding defaults. bz#1892, from Petr Cerny + - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2011/05/06 01:09:53 + [sftp.1] + mention that IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets; + bz#1845 20110510 - (dtucker) [openbsd-compat/openssl-compat.{c,h}] Bug #1882: fix diff --git a/sftp.1 b/sftp.1 index 89b5d3544..3b6ee3890 100644 --- a/sftp.1 +++ b/sftp.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.88 2010/12/04 00:18:01 djm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sftp.1,v 1.89 2011/05/06 01:09:53 djm Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Damien Miller. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 4 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 6 2011 $ .Dt SFTP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see and .Xr ssh-keygen 1 for details). +.Pp +Since some usage formats use colon characters to delimit host names from path +names, IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets to avoid ambiguity. +.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl 1