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...;ssh z" and it sees the .ssh/config line HostAlias z zymurgy.anotherplace.com then it replaces its idea of the hostname with zymurgy.anotherplace.com and then continues scanning the config file for options pertaining to that. Potential solution 2: Add a new configuration directive "SeeAlsoHost X". When ssh processes that directive, it re-reads .ssh/config for settings that pertain to host X. This is more complicated than solution 1, but more general and maybe more useful. I haven't looked at implementing either of these. If nobody else does, I might get to it in a couple mon...