Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 3. Small operations (IE ls of random dirs, etc) are generally dominated >> by the ssh handshake time. Using ssh multiplexing will significantly >> speed these up. > > How can I tell ssh not to barf if the ControlPath does not exist? Also, > you can't share the config file with an older ssh version because it will > barf about the unknown config option.
I put ControlPath in the config file, and then run "ssh -fMN host" at startup. When is it barfing for you? If I remove the socket file, it just does a normal connection. -- Giovanni Bajo
