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TL;DR: I expect ProxyCommand to have effect in preference to ControlPath. I've just tripped over this one. I have an ssh Host (let us call it "MAIN") with a ControlPath and with ControlMaster=no, from the .ssh/config file. I also have a shell script whose purpose is to hop to a remote host through a port forward, which uses the ProxyCommand option like this: ProxyCommand ssh

...t;> On reflection, of course these are distinct options and that side of >> things isn't, of itself, a bug. However, is there a sane use case for >> using ControlMaster/ControlPath at all if there is a ProxyCommand? I >> would have thought not. [...] > >They are quite othorgonal features, but the whole point of multiplexing >is to avoid the need to make additonal connections. So it's quite >logical that ssh checks ControlPath for an active mux master before >attempting a new connection (that may use ProxyCommand). > >There's little point to specify...