Hi tech@ at work I can ssh (hence cvs) to public servers only via a ProxyCommand specified in /etc/ssh/ssh_config.
However, with the ProxyCommand set I cannot ssh into servers in the internal network. So I end up changing ssh_config depending on my use case over and over. This bothered me enough to come up with the following simple diff. It adds a command line option -j to ssh/sftp/scp for ignoring the ProxyCommand. Of course "-j" can be changed to any other free letter. Anyone else finding this useful? Comments? Regards Holger ;-se Index: usr.bin/ssh/scp.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/scp.c,v retrieving revision 1.193 diff -u -p -u -r1.193 scp.c --- usr.bin/ssh/scp.c 21 Oct 2017 23:06:24 -0000 1.193 +++ usr.bin/ssh/scp.c 25 Nov 2017 21:59:05 -0000 @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) addargs(&args, "-oClearAllForwardings=yes"); fflag = tflag = 0; - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "dfl:prtvBCc:i:P:q12346S:o:F:")) != -1) + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "dfl:prtvBCc:i:jP:q12346S:o:F:")) != -1) switch (ch) { /* User-visible flags. */ case '1': @@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) addargs(&remote_remote_args, "%s", optarg); addargs(&args, "-%c", ch); addargs(&args, "%s", optarg); + break; + case 'j': + addargs(&args, "-j"); break; case 'P': sshport = a2port(optarg); Index: usr.bin/ssh/sftp.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.c,v retrieving revision 1.182 diff -u -p -u -r1.182 sftp.c --- usr.bin/ssh/sftp.c 3 Nov 2017 03:46:52 -0000 1.182 +++ usr.bin/ssh/sftp.c 25 Nov 2017 21:59:05 -0000 @@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) infile = stdin; while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, - "1246afhpqrvCc:D:i:l:o:s:S:b:B:F:P:R:")) != -1) { + "1246afhpqrvCc:D:i:jl:o:s:S:b:B:F:P:R:")) != -1) { switch (ch) { /* Passed through to ssh(1) */ case '4': @@ -2318,6 +2318,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) case 'o': addargs(&args, "-%c", ch); addargs(&args, "%s", optarg); + break; + case 'j': + addargs(&args, "-j"); break; case 'q': ll = SYSLOG_LEVEL_ERROR; Index: usr.bin/ssh/ssh.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh.c,v retrieving revision 1.469 diff -u -p -u -r1.469 ssh.c --- usr.bin/ssh/ssh.c 1 Nov 2017 00:04:15 -0000 1.469 +++ usr.bin/ssh/ssh.c 25 Nov 2017 21:59:05 -0000 @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ main(int ac, char **av) argv0 = av[0]; again: - while ((opt = getopt(ac, av, "1246ab:c:e:fgi:kl:m:no:p:qstvx" + while ((opt = getopt(ac, av, "1246ab:c:e:fgi:jkl:m:no:p:qstvx" "ACD:E:F:GI:J:KL:MNO:PQ:R:S:TVw:W:XYy")) != -1) { switch (opt) { case '1': @@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ main(int ac, char **av) break; case 'g': options.fwd_opts.gateway_ports = 1; + break; + case 'j': + options.proxy_command = xstrdup("none"); break; case 'O': if (options.stdio_forward_host != NULL)