On 8 February 2011 11:24, Igor Bukanov <igor@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 8 February 2011 04:20, Asif Iqbal <vadud3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is it possible to make it work as default for all hosts except the jumphost? >> >> I tried to replace the remotehost with `*' and then tried to fresh >> start, like below > > I suppose you cannot do that since host * provides defaults for all > hosts irrespective of the order. You can try to add an empty > ProxyCommand to jumphost. I was wrong here, to disable the proxy command for jumphost set ProxyCommand to none , not an empty string , as stated in ssh_config manual page, http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5 .