openssh bugs - Apr 2013 - [Bug 1585] Allow an `Include' option which reads another config file in place and does not error out when `Include' file not readable

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1585

dkived at gmail.com changed:

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--- Comment #5 from dkived at gmail.com ---
+1 here as well.

I'm trying to set up a secure Apt archive using ssh to limit access.
I'm also making a Debian package to set up access to the archive, so it
would be nice to add the Host stanza to a separate file for maintenance
reasons.

Methods such as using aliases/scripts to aggregate the various config
files before execing ssh won't work for this, as apt-get is not going
to call an shell-defined alias.

Guess I'm gonna have to fall back to my old method of using scripts to
rewrite /etc/ssh/ssh_config - which is a horrible way to do things.
This is precisely why pretty much every major Linux service uses
config.d directories instead of monolithic config files. EXCEPT
OPENSSH.

This request has now been ignored for 4 years. It would be nice to see
some sort of response.

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--- Comment #6 from amontero <amontero at tinet.org> ---
Definitely +1 to this!

An alternative (and more generic) approach would be doing this by
intercepting .conf file reads (via FUSE?). After thinking a little
about this and googling, I've found something that might be a good
start:
https://code.google.com/p/scriptfs/

@dkived: Maybe you can try this for your scenario and post how it
works. I haven't tried it but looks like it can do the trick.

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--- Comment #7 from joshua.shaffner at gmail.com ---
+1

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