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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2021-11-12 15:11:15 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2021-11-12 15:15:17 +0000
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parentscd: More conservative selection of a card reader. (diff)
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doc: Clarify the "ntds" AKL mechanism.
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@@ -1827,7 +1827,9 @@ list. The default is "local,wkd".
@item ntds
Locate the key using the Active Directory (Windows only). This
method also allows to search by fingerprint using the command
- @option{--locate-external-key}.
+ @option{--locate-external-key}. Note that this mechanism is
+ actually a shortcut for the mechanism @samp{keyserver} but using
+ "ldap:///" as the keyserver.
@item keyserver
Locate a key using a keyserver. This method also allows to search