Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"

[Jack Dodds]

Hello Volker,

I use 

ForceCommand /bin/false

On my Debian system, /bin/false is a program that does nothing
and returns a non-zero return code (i.e. an error code).

Jack


Volker Diels-Grabsch <v at njh.eu> wrote:
> Dear OpenSSH developers,
> 
> Is there an equivalent ssh_config setting for the command line
> option
> 
>     ssh -N ...
> 
> ?
> 
> I want to connect to a server that doesn't provide an
> interactive shell but allows for port forwarding only. I'd love
> to configure this into my ~/.ssh/config as follows:
> 
>     Host foo
>         Hostname ...
>         Port ...
>         User ...
>         LocalForward ...
>         LocalForward ...
>         LocalForward ...
>         SomeSettingEquivalentToDashN yes
> 
> so I can call it via "ssh foo" instead of "ssh -N foo".
> 
> Are there good reasons not to provide such a setting?
> Or, would you accept a patch that introduces such a setting? If
> so, how sould this setting be named?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Volker
> 
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