Expansion for user keyword in ssh_config

[Brian Candler]

On 06/09/2026 14:26, list at moeller-mail.eu wrote:
>      I am trying to setup rules in the ssh_config , ~/.ssh/config file to automate some logins.  The case I have would require
> the User keyword to include %n .
>    e.g.
>
>      Host *.domain.com.
>          User  me#%n
>          Hostname gw.domain.com
>
>
>     It seems to work on the latest clients except on Windows.

Can you describe in exactly what way does it "not work"? What username 
is actually presented? What do you get from: ssh -G womble.domain.com | 
grep ^user

I wonder if the # is being treated as a comment delimiter in Windows for 
some reason.  You could try quoting it, i.e.

   User  "me#%n"