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Re: Question about the sendmail_wait variable



On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 11:29:48AM -0500, James wrote:
> Will Maier wrote:
> > 
> >     Host mailserver
> >         ControlPath ~/.ssh/ctl-%r-%h-%p
> >         ControlMaster auto
>
> I am using openssh 4.2p1 on debian.  I added these lines and I now
> get an error when I try to ssh anywhere: line 3: Bad yes/no/ask
> argument.

Earlier ssh versions required 'ControlMaster [yes|no|ask]' in
~/.ssh/config; versions >=4.2 should work (see below).

~ % ssh -V
OpenSSH_4.2, OpenSSL 0.9.7g 11 Apr 2005

~ % uname -a
OpenBSD merkur.atekomi.net 3.8 GENERIC#0 i386

~ % egrep -IHn -B 1 Control .ssh/config
5-Host *
6:    ControlPath ~/.ssh/ctl-%r-%h-%p
7:    ControlMaster auto

~ % ssh -v me@xxxxxxxxxxx
OpenSSH_4.2, OpenSSL 0.9.7g 11 Apr 2005
debug1: Reading configuration data /home/will/.ssh/config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: auto-mux: Trying existing master

WELCOME TO MY.HOST.COM...
[...]

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