[Discuss] hosts.equiv

[jdm at moylan.us (dan moylan)]

ON Mon, 19 Jun 2023 daniel barrett wrote:
> On June 19, 2023, dan moylan wrote:
>> On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:03:49 daniel barrett wrote:
>>> Host funky
>>>  Hostname albeberan
>>>  User moylan
>>>  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/rsync.key
>>>  IdentitiesOnly yes
>>>
>>> Then run:
>>>
>>> $ rsync -r -e ssh /home/moylan/foo funky:
>>
>> not sure if i quite understand.  the remote host to which
>> i'm trying to send the file is aldeberan.  i would think the
>> command should be:
>>
>>  $ rsync -r -e ssh /home/moylan/foo aldeberan:
>>
>> who is funky?
>
> "funky" is the arbitrary string defined on the first line of the config:
>
> Host funky
>
> The subsequent lines specify what "funky" means:
>
>  Hostname albeberan
>  User moylan
>  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/rsync.key

> So the command "ssh funky" connects to aldeberan with user moylan and
> identify file ~/.ssh/rsync.key. It's like an alias for a remote host
> that only ssh knows about and has custom SSH settings.

> Looks like maybe you haven't used ~/.ssh/config before? You are in for
> a treat! It's a great, time-saving SSH feature. "man 5 ssh_config" for
> full details! :-)

hot damn, that's slick, lots of simplification has ensued.
too soon old, too late smart (or at least knowledgeable).

many thanks,
ole dan

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