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Volker Diels-Grabsch

2016-Aug-09 16:18 UTC

Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"

Dear OpenSSH developers,

Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line option

    ssh -N ...

?

I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an interactive
shell but allows for port forwarding only.  I'd love to configure
this into my ~/.ssh/config as follows:

    Host foo
        Hostname ...
        Port ...
        User ...
        LocalForward ...
        LocalForward ...
        LocalForward ...
        SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes

so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N foo".

Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting?
Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting?
If so, how sould this setting be named?


Regards,
Volker

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Jack Dodds

2016-Aug-09 19:10 UTC

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Hello Volker,

I use 

ForceCommand /bin/false

On my Debian system, /bin/false is a program that does nothing
and returns a non-zero return code (i.e. an error code).

Jack


Volker Diels-Grabsch <v at njh.eu> wrote:> Dear OpenSSH developers,
> 
> Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line
> option
> 
>     ssh -N ...
> 
> ?
> 
> I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an
> interactive shell but allows for port forwarding only. I'd love
> to configure this into my ~/.ssh/config as follows:
> 
>     Host foo
>         Hostname ...
>         Port ...
>         User ...
>         LocalForward ...
>         LocalForward ...
>         LocalForward ...
>         SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes
> 
> so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N foo".
> 
> Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting?
> Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting? If
> so, how sould this setting be named?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Volker
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Jack Dodds

2016-Aug-09 19:19 UTC

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Oops.  You wanted an ssh option - not sshd.

Sorry.

Jack Dodds <brmdamon at hushmail.com> wrote:> Hello Volker,
> 
> I use 
> 
> ForceCommand /bin/false
> 
> On my Debian system, /bin/false is a program that does nothing
> and returns a non-zero return code (i.e. an error code).
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> Volker Diels-Grabsch <v at njh.eu> wrote:
> > Dear OpenSSH developers,
> > 
> > Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line
> > option
> > 
> >     ssh -N ...
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an
> > interactive shell but allows for port forwarding only. I'd love
> > to configure this into my ~/.ssh/config as follows:
> > 
> >     Host foo
> >         Hostname ...
> >         Port ...
> >         User ...
> >         LocalForward ...
> >         LocalForward ...
> >         LocalForward ...
> >         SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes
> > 
> > so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N
foo".
> > 
> > Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting?
> > Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting? If
> > so, how sould this setting be named?
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Volker
> >
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Scott Neugroschl

2016-Aug-09 20:03 UTC

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-----Original Message-----
From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at
mindrot.org] On Behalf Of Volker Diels-Grabsch
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 9:19 AM
To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
Subject: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"

Dear OpenSSH developers,

Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line option

    ssh -N ...

?

I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an interactive shell but
allows for port forwarding only.  I'd love to configure this into my
~/.ssh/config as follows:

    Host foo
        Hostname ...
        Port ...
        User ...
        LocalForward ...
        LocalForward ...
        LocalForward ...
        SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes

so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N foo".

Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting?
Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting?
If so, how sould this setting be named?

Regards,
Volker

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Scott Neugroschl

2016-Aug-09 21:40 UTC

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Oops.  That's -T.  From the man page, it doesn't really look like
there's an ssh_config option for -N.


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From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at
mindrot.org] On Behalf Of Scott Neugroschl
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 1:04 PM
To: Volker Diels-Grabsch; openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
Subject: RE: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"

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-----Original Message-----
From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at
mindrot.org] On Behalf Of Volker Diels-Grabsch
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 9:19 AM
To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
Subject: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"

Dear OpenSSH developers,

Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line option

    ssh -N ...

?

I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an interactive shell but
allows for port forwarding only.  I'd love to configure this into my
~/.ssh/config as follows:

    Host foo
        Hostname ...
        Port ...
        User ...
        LocalForward ...
        LocalForward ...
        LocalForward ...
        SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes

so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N foo".

Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting?
Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting?
If so, how sould this setting be named?


Regards,
Volker

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