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Re: tab completion for ssh using FQDN

Hello TJ,
>>>>> TJ Luoma <luomat@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    > I have several hosts defined in ~/.ssh/config like so: Host myhost
    > HostName myhost.luo.ma User myuser Port 5555

    > Something changed, because now when I type "ssh my[tab]" I get
    > "ssh myhost.luo.ma" instead of "ssh myhost" which then fails
    > because it isn't using the port specified in ~/.ssh/config.

    > I _think_ it has to do with the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file, because
    > if I delete the entry from that file, tab completion seems to work
    > as I expect.

    > I've looked around for a solution, and it appears that if I add
    > this line:

    >        HostKeyAlias myhost

    > then the short hostname gets uses for the known_hosts file, but
    > I'm not sure if that's a "good" solution or not.

    > Is there a way to tell zsh to only do tab-completion for ssh out
    > of ~/.ssh/config and ignore ~/.ssh/known_hosts ?

I get satisfactory tab-completion by setting Host to a name but Hostname
to an IP address. Seems to work.

Best wishes,

-- 
Colin Baxter
www.Colin-Baxter.com
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