The configuration options are described in detail in ssh_config(5).īelow a shortcut is made for connecting to. This file defines all the default settings for the client utilities for all users on that system. Care should be used when nesting configurations. The Include directive can be specified anywhere in the configuration file even inside a Match or Host block. The user's own configuration file and the system-wide configuration file can also point to additional configuration files to be included using the Include directive starting with OpenSSH 7.3. Both can be overridden, in many cases, by specifying various options or parameters at run time. These defaults can be overridden in most cases by the user's own default settings in a local configuration file. System-wide client files set the default configuration for all users of OpenSSH clients on that system.
2.4.4 Legacy SSH1 Protocol Keys ~/.ssh/identity ~/.ssh/identity.pub.2.4.3 Legacy DSA Keys ~/.ssh/id_dsa ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub.2.3 Local Account Public / Private Key Pairs.2.1.2.2 About the Contents of the known_hosts Files.2.1.2.1 Manually Adding Public Keys to ~/.ssh/known_hosts.2.1.1.1 Local Override of Client Defaults.2 User-specific Client Configuration Files.1 System-wide Client Configuration Files.