Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:4.7p1-4
Severity: wishlist
I have a master connection to most of the machines with which
I deal. Every now and then, I need X forwarding or SSH Agent
forwarding, but there is no way to connect to the machine (other
than through IP or a host alias not in .ssh/config) without going
via the control socket. -o ControlMaster=no doesn't work, and
neither does -S /dev/null.
It would be nice if the -M option could be extended to invert its
meaning when ControlMaster is turned on already:
- -M -MM
ControlMaster off direct master master
ControlMaster on master direct direct
ControlMaster auto master* direct masterask*/direct
as far as I can tell, this would be compatible with the current
behaviour (provided ControlMaster is off), but it would also allow
single connections to go directly, even if ControlMaster is on.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages openssh-client depends on:
ii adduser 3.106 add and remove users and groups
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.20 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.14.16.6 package maintenance system for Deb
ii libc6 2.7-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcomerr2 1.40.8-2 common error description library
ii libedit2 2.9.cvs.20050518-4 BSD editline and history libraries
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-3 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080203-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8g-7 SSL shared libraries
ii passwd 1:4.1.0-2 change and administer password and
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-11 compression library - runtime
openssh-client recommends no packages.
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