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I'm using ~/.ssh/config to ssh to various hosts. I have a different user name that is not in the global settings but is defined in the local setting for that host. If I ssh to that host, I still get the global user name. How can I change this?

My ~/.ssh/config

Code:

# Site-wide defaults for some commonly used default options



Host *

  ForwardX11 yes

  ForwardX11Trusted yes

  ForwardAgent yes

  ForwardX11 yes

  Protocol 2

  Port 22

  User chris

  IdentityFile /home/chris/ssh_keys/chris_ssh_keys

  Compression yes



  Host weldpond

  HostName ssh1.company.tld



  Host rekon

  User ben

  Hostname ssh2.company.tld.

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by noir911 (Post 3587580)

Code:

# Site-wide defaults for some commonly used default options



Host *

  ForwardX11 yes

  ForwardX11Trusted yes

  ForwardAgent yes

  ForwardX11 yes

  Protocol 2

  Port 22

  User chris

  IdentityFile /home/chris/ssh_keys/chris_ssh_keys

  Compression yes



  Host weldpond

  HostName ssh1.company.tld



  Host rekon

  User ben

  Hostname ssh2.company.tld.

Thanks.

Seems okay, as far as I can tell. Only irregularity I can see is that on the last line you used "Hostname", whereas the man page says "HostName".

You are using the shortcut hostname when you ssh, right? It should be "ssh rekon" in your case.