Hello, This is my first feature request, so I am a little unfamilar with OpenSSH dev. I have used OpenSSH for a number of years, and am familar with a few of its advanced features. I make pretty good use of the ssh_config (normally ~/.ssh/config) file for a few different reasons. This allows me to create entries like this: Host myvm Hostname vm-5.testlab.example.com User root ForwardX11Trusted yes Now "myvm" is an alias to vm-5.testlab.example.com and tells SSH to login with root (and what ever other options you specify). So instead of having to type: ssh -Y root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I can just type: ssh myvm. This alias works with other tools like scp,sftp,etc. One annoying thing I found when working with hosts that get reinstalled regularly is I occasionally want to delete there known_host entires. I have been using ssh-keygen -R to do this. However, the -R does not accept this config file aliases. So I can just type: ssh-keygen -R myvm I have to type: ssh-keygen -R vm-5.testlab.example.com Is there a technical reason for this? Is there a reason ssh-keygen can't do a lookup in the config file for host alias to get the full hostname? I wanted to send this email, before filling a feature request to get some feedback. Thanks, --Perry _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
