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authorDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2014-02-24 05:57:55 +0100
committerDamien Miller <djm@mindrot.org>2014-02-24 05:57:55 +0100
commit13f97b2286142fd0b8eab94e4ce84fe124eeb752 (patch)
treeb332b16a032b4670b60db1261b6dac48e059d916 /ssh_config.5
parent - djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2014/02/23 20:03:42 (diff)
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- djm@cvs.openbsd.org 2014/02/23 20:11:36
[readconf.c readconf.h ssh.c ssh_config.5] reparse ssh_config and ~/.ssh/config if hostname canonicalisation changes the hostname. This allows users to write configurations that always refer to canonical hostnames, e.g. CanonicalizeHostname yes CanonicalDomains int.example.org example.org CanonicalizeFallbackLocal no Host *.int.example.org Compression off Host *.example.org User djm ok markus@
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ssh_config.5 b/ssh_config.5
index 3cadcd767..b5803920f 100644
--- a/ssh_config.5
+++ b/ssh_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.184 2014/01/19 04:48:08 djm Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 19 2014 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.185 2014/02/23 20:11:36 djm Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2014 $
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ If
is set to
.Dq always ,
then canonicalization is applied to proxied connections too.
+.Pp
+If this option is enabled and canonicalisation results in the target hostname
+changing, then the configuration files are processed again using the new
+target name to pick up any new configuration in matching
+.Cm Host
+stanzas.
.It Cm CanonicalizeMaxDots
Specifies the maximum number of dot characters in a hostname before
canonicalization is disabled.