• ɐɥO@lemmy.ohaa.xyzOP
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    1 year ago

    Then any time you run ssh myserver.net, it’ll use the user you specify here by default.

    Wouldnt really help in my use case bc I use the same user on every server

    • Fal@yiffit.net
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      1 year ago

      It was just an example. What does your script do that wouldn’t be configurable in ssh config

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      1 year ago

      The “host” is just your friendly name for the connection, not necessarily the hostname of the remote host. You can specify the same username or hostname as many times as you want. My config is made up of mostly blocks like this:

      Host server1
          HostName server1.you.com
          User your_ssh_username
          IdentityFile ~/.ssh/yourprivatekey.pem
        
      Host server2
          HostName server2.you.com
          User your_ssh_username
          IdentityFile ~/.ssh/yourprivatekey.pem