Hi, On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 09:51:04PM +0000, matthew patton wrote: > What is the use case? > > HOME=longpath_to_config1 > ssh -i ~/.ssh/key1 > > HOME=longpath_to_config2 > ssh -i ~/.ssh/key2 If you run things like that, the "~" is not expanded by ssh but by your shell. Try "echo ~/"... Barking up the wrong tree... gert -- USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW! //www.muc.de/~gert/ Gert Doering - Munich, Germany gert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx fax: +49-89-35655025 gert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev