Sound good to me. I've also looked for this ssh_config option recentlyu so this would be a welcome addition. Anthony On 10 Aug 2016 at 10:19:11, Volker Diels-Grabsch wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the quick responses. So it seems there is really no > ssh_config option for -N. > > So how should such an option be named? I propose: > > default == ExecRemoteCommand yes > -N == ExecRemoteCommand no > > Does that make sense? > > > Regards, > Volker > > > Scott Neugroschl schrieb: > > Oops. That's -T. From the man page, it doesn't really look like there's an ssh_config option for -N. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Neugroschl > > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 1:04 PM > > To: Volker Diels-Grabsch; openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N" > > > > RequestTTY no > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Volker Diels-Grabsch > > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 9:19 AM > > To: openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N" > > > > Dear OpenSSH developers, > > > > Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line option > > > > ssh -N ... > > > > ? > > > > I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an interactive shell but allows for port forwarding only. I'd love to configure this into my ~/.ssh/config as follows: > > > > Host foo > > Hostname ... > > Port ... > > User ... > > LocalForward ... > > LocalForward ... > > LocalForward ... > > SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes > > > > so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N foo". > > > > Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting? > > Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting? > > If so, how sould this setting be named? > > > > > > Regards, > > Volker > > > > -- > > Volker Diels-Grabsch > > ----<<<((()))>>>---- > > _______________________________________________ > > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev > > _______________________________________________ > > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev > > _______________________________________________ > > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev > > -- > Volker Diels-Grabsch > ----<<<((()))>>>---- > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev -- Anthony R Fletcher Room 2033, Building 12A, http://dcb.cit.nih.gov/~arif National Institutes of Health, arif@xxxxxxxxxxxx 12A South Drive, Bethesda, Phone: (+1) 301 402 1741. MD 20892-5624, USA. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev