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+Bugfix: respect `--user` and `--host` in `key passwd`
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+The `key passwd` command silently ignored the `--user` and `--host` flags
+and always recorded the new key with the current user and host name.
+This has been fixed,
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/5757
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/21781
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