Re: ssh_config(5) man page improvement for RemoteCommand
Jason McIntyre writes: > On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 08:11:51PM +0100, Gr??goire Jadi wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> When both RemoteCommand and ssh command are provided, the connection >> fails with: >> >> Cannot execute command-line and remote command. >> >> Though the message is clear, I was puzzled because I couldn't find any >> information in the man pages. This patch adds a note in ssh_config(5). >> > > hi. > > this feels a bit like overkill: as you've said, the error message is > clear. isn;t that hint enough? it doesn;t seem logical to expect that > both would work. > > on the other hand, i suppose in theory the command in the config > file could be ignored and the command-line command run, so maybe > it does have to be said. Actually, that's what happen with the User option. Given ssh_config: Host domain.tld User foo Then ssh b...@domain.tld will ignore the User foo option. Re-reading the man page of ssh_config(5) it says the following at the very beginning: ssh(1) obtains configuration data from the following sources in the following order: 1. command-line options 2. user's configuration file (~/.ssh/config) 3. system-wide configuration file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config) For each parameter, the first obtained value will be used. So, I think that ignoring the RemoteCommand (like the User option) is more coherent. > still i think what's there is enough. Yes, I agree. Thanks for the feedbacks. > jmc > >> diff --git usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 >> index 1007847662c..fa12092645e 100644 >> --- usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 >> +++ usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 >> @@ -1465,6 +1465,12 @@ Arguments to >> accept the tokens described in the >> .Sx TOKENS >> section. >> +.Pp >> +.Cm RemoteCommand >> +is incompatible with >> +.Xr ssh 1 >> +.Ar command >> +argument given on the command line. >> .It Cm RemoteForward >> Specifies that a TCP port on the remote machine be forwarded over >> the secure channel. >> >> Best, >> >> -- >> gjadi >> PGP : AF26 E9C2 A1C8 8D32 A868 4386 1373 5477 2B65 1894 >> -- gjadi PGP : AF26 E9C2 A1C8 8D32 A868 4386 1373 5477 2B65 1894
Re: ssh_config(5) man page improvement for RemoteCommand
On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 08:11:51PM +0100, Gr??goire Jadi wrote: > Hi, > > When both RemoteCommand and ssh command are provided, the connection > fails with: > > Cannot execute command-line and remote command. > > Though the message is clear, I was puzzled because I couldn't find any > information in the man pages. This patch adds a note in ssh_config(5). > hi. this feels a bit like overkill: as you've said, the error message is clear. isn;t that hint enough? it doesn;t seem logical to expect that both would work. on the other hand, i suppose in theory the command in the config file could be ignored and the command-line command run, so maybe it does have to be said. still i think what's there is enough. jmc > diff --git usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 > index 1007847662c..fa12092645e 100644 > --- usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 > +++ usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 > @@ -1465,6 +1465,12 @@ Arguments to > accept the tokens described in the > .Sx TOKENS > section. > +.Pp > +.Cm RemoteCommand > +is incompatible with > +.Xr ssh 1 > +.Ar command > +argument given on the command line. > .It Cm RemoteForward > Specifies that a TCP port on the remote machine be forwarded over > the secure channel. > > Best, > > -- > gjadi > PGP : AF26 E9C2 A1C8 8D32 A868 4386 1373 5477 2B65 1894 >
ssh_config(5) man page improvement for RemoteCommand
Hi, When both RemoteCommand and ssh command are provided, the connection fails with: Cannot execute command-line and remote command. Though the message is clear, I was puzzled because I couldn't find any information in the man pages. This patch adds a note in ssh_config(5). diff --git usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 index 1007847662c..fa12092645e 100644 --- usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 +++ usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 @@ -1465,6 +1465,12 @@ Arguments to accept the tokens described in the .Sx TOKENS section. +.Pp +.Cm RemoteCommand +is incompatible with +.Xr ssh 1 +.Ar command +argument given on the command line. .It Cm RemoteForward Specifies that a TCP port on the remote machine be forwarded over the secure channel. Best, -- gjadi PGP : AF26 E9C2 A1C8 8D32 A868 4386 1373 5477 2B65 1894
