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it's really^3 annoying that no matter the value of $HOME, that tilde_expand_filename() only looks at getpwnam() and friends instead of at least trying getenv("HOME"). What is the use case? HOME=longpath_to_config1 ssh -i ~/.ssh/key1 HOME=longpath_to_config2 ssh -i ~/.ssh/key2 but getpwnam() defeats this by always accessing what's in the passwd file. So .ssh/known_hosts is likewise read/written outside of $HOME/.ssh/ and the config files too don't remain in local scope. Sure 99% of users $HOME = pw...

...al Message ? From: Gert Doering Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 02:19 To: matthew patton Cc: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org Subject: Re: feature request: use HOME before getpwnam() in misc.c Hi, On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 09:51:04PM +0000, matthew patton wrote: > What is the use case? > > HOME=longpath_to_config1 > ssh -i ~/.ssh/key1 > > HOME=longpath_to_config2 > ssh -i ~/.ssh/key2 If you run things like that, the "~" is not expanded by ssh but by your shell. Try "echo ~/"... Barking up the wrong tree... gert -- USENET is *not* the non-clickable part of WWW! //www.muc....