On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:35:54 +0000, Mick wrote: > > > > It shows that ssh is reading your config file, but not picking up > > > > the options for this host. I would expect to see something like > > > > > > > > debug1: Reading configuration data /home/nelz/.config/ssh > > > > debug1: /home/nelz/.config/ssh line N: Applying options for > > > > > > > > Do you have any other Host stanzas in the config? > > > > > > Check both config files for conflicts: > > > > > > /home/purslow/.ssh/config > > > /etc/ssh/ssh_config > > > > > > just in case it is defined in both. > > > > The user file should take precedence in that case. ssh checks that one > > first and stops looking if it finds a host match there. > > Quite and if it finds the wrong setup there, it'll run with it. Exactly, which is why I asked the question. It seems we are both saying the same thing :) Th output shows only the user file being read. -- Neil Bothwick "Self-explanatory": technospeak for "Incomprehensible & undocumented"