Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"

[Anthony R Fletcher]

Sound good to me. I've also looked for this ssh_config option
recentlyu so this would be a welcome addition.

		Anthony

On 10 Aug 2016 at 10:19:11, Volker Diels-Grabsch wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks for the quick responses.  So it seems there is really no
> ssh_config option for -N.
> 
> So how should such an option be named?  I propose:
> 
>     default  ==  ExecRemoteCommand yes
>     -N       ==  ExecRemoteCommand no
> 
> Does that make sense?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Volker
> 
> 
> Scott Neugroschl schrieb:
> > Oops.  That's -T.  From the man page, it doesn't really look like there's an ssh_config option for -N.
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at mindrot.org] On Behalf Of Scott Neugroschl
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 1:04 PM
> > To: Volker Diels-Grabsch; openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> > Subject: RE: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"
> > 
> > RequestTTY no
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: openssh-unix-dev [mailto:openssh-unix-dev-bounces+scott_n=xypro.com at mindrot.org] On Behalf Of Volker Diels-Grabsch
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 9:19 AM
> > To: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
> > Subject: Equivalent ssh_config setting for "ssh -N"
> > 
> > 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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