Bug 1727 - document that HashKnownHosts may break tab-completion
Summary: document that HashKnownHosts may break tab-completion
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: ssh (show other bugs)
Version: 5.3p1
Hardware: Other Linux
: P2 normal
Assignee: Assigned to nobody
URL: http://bugs.debian.org/430154
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Reported: 2010-03-02 01:18 AEDT by Colin Watson
Modified: 2010-04-16 15:50 AEST (History)
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document that HashKnownHosts may break tab-completion (507 bytes, patch)
2010-03-02 01:18 AEDT, Colin Watson 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Colin Watson 2010-03-02 01:18:24 AEDT 
Created attachment 1801 [details]
document that HashKnownHosts may break tab-completion

Some people use fancy shell completion scripts that use ~/.ssh/known_hosts to complete host names.  HashKnownHosts, of course, breaks this.  Personally I think this is an acceptable price to pay, but it would be helpful to document that this is a possibility so that people aren't caught out by it.
Comment 1 Darren Tucker 2010-03-07 14:32:24 AEDT 
I don't think we should have to document the behaviour of extensions to third party software, especially given that (a) the implications should be obvious from the existing documentation and (b) the option must be explicitly enabled.
Comment 2 Damien Miller 2010-04-16 15:50:59 AEST 
Mass move of bugs RESOLVED->CLOSED following the release of openssh-5.5p1