| Summary: | wishlist: aliases in .ssh/config | ||
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| Product: | Portable OpenSSH | Reporter: | Felix Lee <hssnepole> |
| Component: | ssh | Assignee: | OpenSSH Bugzilla mailing list <openssh-bugs> |
| Status: | CLOSED WONTFIX | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | ||
| Priority: | P2 | ||
| Version: | -current | ||
| Hardware: | Other | ||
| OS: | Other | ||
This would be quite difficult to implement with the current parser. If really have so much repetition in your config that this is necessary, then I suggest you work around the lack by generating the config using M4 or similar. WONTFIX, unless someone actually comes up with a patch. Change all RESOLVED bug to CLOSED with the exception of the ones fixed post-4.4. |
The problem: I've got access to several domains that get different ssh configuration options, such as Host *.someplace.com User felix ForwardX11 yes Host *.anotherplace.com User flee Spandex yes [etc...] which is simple enough, but then there are several hosts within each domain that I'd like to refer to with short aliases, which means adding many lines like Host z Hostname zymurgy.anotherplace.com which is also simple enough, but then each of these has to include all the options that I've specified for *.anotherplace.com too. This is more awkward and messy than I think it should be. Potential solution 1: I'd like a new config directive like "HostAlias X Y" which would be something like this: When I do "ssh z" and it sees the .ssh/config line HostAlias z zymurgy.anotherplace.com then it replaces its idea of the hostname with zymurgy.anotherplace.com and then continues scanning the config file for options pertaining to that. Potential solution 2: Add a new configuration directive "SeeAlsoHost X". When ssh processes that directive, it re-reads .ssh/config for settings that pertain to host X. This is more complicated than solution 1, but more general and maybe more useful. I haven't looked at implementing either of these. If nobody else does, I might get to it in a couple months.