Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd

Re:Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd by bdarnell on Sunday March 01, 2015 @09:58PM (#9130100)

There is actually a reason you can't have ~/.ssh/config symlinked the same way: ssh refuses to read a symlink for this file (for security purposes it is strict about the file type and permissions). My workaround is to copy the file instead of symlinking in my dotfile-setup script.

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Re:Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd by wampus on Sunday March 01, 2015 @11:19PM (#9130309)

I version control the entire directory (ignoring the known_hosts file) somewhere like ~/config/ssh and symlink it to ~/.ssh. It contains a Makefile with a target that runs this command:

    ln -s ${PWD} ~/.ssh

Just make sure the directory is chmod 700 and the important files in it are chmod 600.

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Re:Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd by jethro_tell on Monday March 02, 2015 @12:28AM (#9130441)

Also ignore any private keys. For security, but also each host should have a different key so you can burn one without burning them all.

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Re:Show HN: S – a tool for ssh like z for cd by voltagex_ on Sunday March 01, 2015 @10:06PM (#9130120)

Oops! Thanks for the clarification

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