You have to modify the /etc/ssh/*config files and restart sshd. If an ssh client were able to tell the ssh server where to read the config, that would be a security breach. On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 3:20 AM, Aaron Davies <aaron.davies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it possible to change where SSH looks for the .ssh directory? My > home directory is currently on a file server 10,000 miles (about 300ms > ping) away from me, and any operation involving the files in it takes > at least ten times longer than it normally does. > > If I read the man pages correctly, I can use IdentityFile and > UserKnownHostsFile to relocate my keys and and known_hosts, but that > means ssh still has to read ~/.ssh/config. I could alias ssh to ssh -i > ... -o UserKnownHostsFile=..., but that will only work for outgoing > connections--I also want my authorized_keys for incoming connections > moved. > > I do not currently have the ability to modify /etc/ssh/*config (or > anything else in /etc), but that may change, so solutions not > requiring root are preferable, but root-only is welcome too if it's > the only way. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. > > (I should note that I tried the most obvious solution, symlinking > .ssh, but it didn't work, presumably for security reasons.) > -- > Aaron Davies > aaron.davies@xxxxxxxxx > -- And, did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? -Centauri
