updated documentation for back-end.

diff --git a/doc/cha-cert-auth.texi b/doc/cha-cert-auth.texi
index a2656ad94d97984f0e574ee0c15d1a5264230d9b..d32be0daf0c27ba16df447fd77e282d6e02f0fc7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/cha-cert-auth.texi
+++ b/doc/cha-cert-auth.texi
@@ -293,6 +293,28 @@ shown in @ref{Simple client example with SSH-style certificate verification}.
 @showfuncdesc{gnutls_verify_stored_pubkey}
 @showfuncdesc{gnutls_store_pubkey}
 
+The storage and verification functions may be used with the default
+text file based backend, or another backend may be specified. Such
+backend should contain a storage and a retrieval function. The format
+of those functions is shown below.
+@example
+  typedef int (*gnutls_trust_db_store_func) (const char* db_name, 
+                                             const char* host,
+                                             const char* service,
+                                             time_t expiration,
+                                             const gnutls_datum_t* pubkey);
+  
+  typedef int (*gnutls_trust_db_retr_func) (const char* db_name, 
+                                            const char* host,
+                                            const char* service,
+                                            const gnutls_datum_t *pubkey);
+  
+  typedef struct {
+    gnutls_trust_db_store_func store;
+    gnutls_trust_db_retr_func retrieve;
+  } trust_storage_st;
+@end example
+
 @node OpenPGP certificates
 @section @acronym{OpenPGP} certificates
 @cindex OpenPGP certificates

diff --git a/lib/includes/gnutls/gnutls.h.in b/lib/includes/gnutls/gnutls.h.in
index 183ac946bd22372cca71348e1497d336536866fd..c28542701483bc450a66dba5dc26332785d7d53d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/includes/gnutls/gnutls.h.in
+++ b/lib/includes/gnutls/gnutls.h.in
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ gnutls_ecc_curve_t gnutls_ecc_curve_get(gnutls_session_t session);
     gnutls_trust_db_store_func store;
     gnutls_trust_db_retr_func retrieve;
   } trust_storage_st;
-  
+
   int gnutls_verify_stored_pubkey(const char* db_name, 
                             const trust_storage_st * tdb,
                             const char* host,

diff --git a/lib/verify-ssh.c b/lib/verify-ssh.c
index 1f5320342c8696a9565bbdac3ca79b7649df6879..9135b41a507d615c7cbf570c4d146ae5937d7e1c 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/verify-ssh.c
+++ b/lib/verify-ssh.c
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ static const trust_storage_st default_storage =
  * a list of stored public keys.  The @service field if non-NULL should
  * be a port number.
  *
- * The @tdb variable if non-null specifies a custom back-end for
+ * The @tdb variable if non-null specifies a custom backend for
  * the storage and retrieval of entries. If it is NULL then the
- * default file back-end will be used. In POSIX-like systems the
- * file back-end uses the $HOME/.gnutls/known_hosts file.
+ * default file backend will be used. In POSIX-like systems the
+ * file backend uses the $HOME/.gnutls/known_hosts file.
  *
- * Note that if the custom storage back-end is provided the
+ * Note that if the custom storage backend is provided the
  * retrieval function should return %GNUTLS_E_CERTIFICATE_KEY_MISMATCH
  * if the host/service pair is found but key doesn't match,
  * %GNUTLS_E_NO_CERTIFICATE_FOUND if no such host/service with
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ FILE* fd;
  * the list of stored public keys. The key will be considered valid until 
  * the provided expiration time.
  *
- * The @tdb variable if non-null specifies a custom back-end for
+ * The @tdb variable if non-null specifies a custom backend for
  * the storage and retrieval of entries. If it is NULL then the
- * default file back-end will be used.
+ * default file backend will be used.
  *
  * Note that this function is not thread safe with the default backend.
  *