hi all, after reading up on ssh config options, i've gone with some Host sections in ~/.ssh/config:
Host glebe1 User johndoe Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx does what i want without any worries of 'doing it the csh way' ;-) cheers justin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html