On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Igor Bukanov <i...@mir2.org> wrote: > On 8 February 2011 11:24, Igor Bukanov <i...@mir2.org> wrote: >> On 8 February 2011 04:20, Asif Iqbal <vad...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is it possible to make it work as default for all hosts except the jumphost? >>> >>> I tried to replace the remotehost with `*' and then tried to fresh >>> start, like below >> >> I suppose you cannot do that since host * provides defaults for all >> hosts irrespective of the order. You can try to add an empty >> ProxyCommand to jumphost. > > I was wrong here, to disable the proxy command for jumphost set > ProxyCommand to none , not an empty string , as stated in ssh_config
actually I understood that is what you meant and it is working perfect now. here is my latest setup $ cat ~/.ssh/config host jumphost hostname jumphost.example.net ForwardX11 yes ControlMaster auto ControlPath ~/.ssh/%r@%h:%p ProxyCommand none host * hostname remotehost.example.net ProxyCommand ssh -T -a jumphost nc %h %p Thanks a lot for your help! > manual page, http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ssh_config&sektion=5 > . > -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?