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Bug#919047: marked as done (ssh_config: allow tokens for IdentityFile keyword)

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regarding ssh_config: allow tokens for IdentityFile keyword
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: openssh
Severity: wishlist

Hi,
it would be nice if ssh would allow using tokes in ssh_config for the IdentityFile keyword to minimize ssh_config files. 

Without token, a config might look like this:

  ---
  Host *.example.com
    IdentifyFile ~/.ssh/keys/daniel.baumann@example.com

  Host *.example.org
    IdentifyFile ~/.ssh/keys/daniel@example.org
  --

with token support, I could have:

  --
  Host *.example.com *.example.org
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/keys/%u@%h
  --

Regards,
Daniel

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: openssh
Source-Version: 1:4.6p1-1

On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:26:23AM +0100, Daniel Baumann wrote:
it would be nice if ssh would allow using tokes in ssh_config for the IdentityFile keyword to minimize ssh_config files. 

Without token, a config might look like this:

 ---
 Host *.example.com
   IdentifyFile ~/.ssh/keys/daniel.baumann@example.com

 Host *.example.org
   IdentifyFile ~/.ssh/keys/daniel@example.org
 --

with token support, I could have:

 --
 Host *.example.com *.example.org
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/keys/%u@%h
 --
I looked back through git history, and it seems as though this was added in OpenSSH 4.4, all the way back in 2006. See https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159. It's been made a bit more general since, but even back then it looks as though you could use "IdentityFile ~/.ssh/keys/%r@%h" (assuming that you meant to use the remote user name). 

Regards,

--
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@debian.org]

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