From 847cd49909d24dde08f004ba1fb7a72c7f7a7b8c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Solene Rapenne Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:03:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] nix-copy-closure: improve wording --- doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md index 7047d3012..9a29030bd 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-copy-closure.md @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Since `nix-copy-closure` calls `ssh`, you may be asked to type in the appropriate password or passphrase. In fact, you may be asked _twice_ because `nix-copy-closure` currently connects twice to the remote machine, first to get the set of paths missing on the target machine, -and second to send the dump of those paths. If this bothers you, use -`ssh-agent`. +and second to send the dump of those paths. When using public key +authentication, you can avoid typing the passphrase with `ssh-agent`. # Options