On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Iain Morgan <imorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:12:15 +0400, Loganaden Velvindron wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I was wondering about having ssh-agent also forward the ssh_config in >> addition to the private keys. This would be helpful, when you have a >> lot of host file definitions in your .ssh_config. Sorry, I meant in addition to storing the private keys, what about also forwarding the .ssh_config. >> > > I must admit to not knowing much about the inner workings of ssh-agent, > but I didn't think it actually forwarded private keys. That would be > really wrong. > > But that point isn't really relevant to your main point. Assuming that > doing something like this is compatible with how ssh-agent works, how > would you propose dealing with incompatible OpenSSH versions between the > local and remote host? I can foresee a situation where the local > configuration takes advantage of some newer feature that may not be > supported on the remote host. > > I'm rather dubious about the value and viability of such a feature. > > -- > Iain Morgan -- This message is strictly personal and the opinions expressed do not represent those of my employers, either past or present. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
