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! :-) -- Dan Barrett [email protected] _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
