From 6d5ea0f127e60ca6c7ecc83eff4618111b7c831b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert-L-Turner <37597024+Robert-L-Turner@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:43:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] FIDO2 device removal instructions (#21426) * man: document FIDO2 device removal Indicate to users how to remove FIDO2 device in the --fido2-device=path section by setting path to an empty string (""). Tested on systemd 249 (249.6-3-arch) --- man/homectl.xml | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/homectl.xml b/man/homectl.xml index 6ed8e90bf1e..89af3d77c7f 100644 --- a/man/homectl.xml +++ b/man/homectl.xml @@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ Note that FIDO2 devices suitable for this option must implement the hmac-secret extension. Most current devices (such as the YubiKey 5 series) do. If the extension is not implemented the device cannot be used for unlocking home directories. + + The FIDO2 device may be subsequently removed by setting the device path to an empty string + (e.g. homectl update $USER --fido2-device=""). Note that many hardware security tokens implement both FIDO2 and PKCS#11/PIV (and thus may be used with either or ), for a -- 2.47.3