On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 15:51, Aaron Griffin<aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:37 PM, prad<prad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> i had remote host completion: >> ssh hostna[tab] >> with my original debian .bashrc file. >> >> now with a new arch install it is gone and setting this >> export HOSTFILE=$HOME/.hosts >> doesn't bring it back even when i put the hostnames from /etc/hosts >> into that file. >> >> bash-completion is there and working just fine - except for the remote >> host completion. >> >> how can i get the remote hostnames to complete using [tab] again? > > You need to shutoff the host-hashing setting for ssh. > > In /etc/ssh/ssh_config (or your ~/.ssh/config), set "HashKnownHosts no" > Additionally, you probably want to delete any hashed lines so they can be regenerated later.
