On 2020/11/27 13:41, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > +++ wg.4 27 Nov 2020 12:28:32 -0000 > > @@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ interface may be configured to recognise > > .It Key > > Each peer uses its private key and corresponding public key to > > identify itself to others. > > +The public key may be displayed by running > > +.Xr ifconfig 8 > > +as root after configuring the private key. > > A peer configures a > > .Nm wg > > interface with its own private key and with the public keys of its peers. > > i'm not sure about this text. wouldn;t the "Keys" section make more > sense? the "Keys" section itself says: > > When an interface has a private key set with wgkey, the > corresponding public key is shown in the status output of > the interface, like so: > > wgpubkey NW5l2q2MArV5ZXpVXSZwBOyqhohOf8ImDgUB+jPtJps= > > maybe we should just elaborate here?
Ah yes, that does seem a better place, maybe this helps, though perhaps the addition to the example script is enough to give the hint anyway. Index: man4/wg.4 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/wg.4,v retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -p -r1.7 wg.4 --- man4/wg.4 27 Nov 2020 14:04:49 -0000 1.7 +++ man4/wg.4 27 Nov 2020 14:08:56 -0000 @@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ will accept any random 32-byte base64 st When an interface has a private key set with .Nm wgkey , the corresponding -public key is shown in the status output of the interface, like so: +public key is shown in the status output of the interface +displayed by +.Xr ifconfig 8 +when run as root, like so: .Bd -literal -offset indent wgpubkey NW5l2q2MArV5ZXpVXSZwBOyqhohOf8ImDgUB+jPtJps= .Ed > i agree a bit of explanation makes sense here. saying that, you should > really join "create interfaces" and "set random private keys" with a > semicolon or "and" or somesuch, not a comma. I've committed that with a semicolon.
