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I think that in general, if you're doing anything fancy with SSH, you're better off setting it up in SSH than trying to convince Tramp to do anything with it. S

by jerf 1y ago

I think that in general, if you're doing anything fancy with SSH, you're better off setting it up in SSH than trying to convince Tramp to do anything with it. See something like https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSH_jump_host https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/SSH_jump_host . Basically, the goal is you should be able to type "ssh someSSHConfig" and get to the shell of the device. If you can do that, you don't need to worry about what Tramp can and can't do, and if SSH adds a feature that works in the SSH config you don't even have to wonder if Tramp can use it. And then it also works with everything else that works with SSH.

jonnycomputer 1y ago
Oh I have .ssh/config like: Host vm3 User myusername HostName the-host-name ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p myusername@jump.host.address So will jump through automatically using my ssh keys. Its very convenient. But Tramp doesn't seem to respect that configuration, or demands that I use a password instead of the ssh keys (its been awhile since I've last tried, so I kinda am dim on the details of what was the hassle)
- jonnycomputer 1y ago
  Actually I just tried it and it worked like a charm. I used ssh:myusername@vm3, I wonder if I was trying a different protocol before? bit confused what might have changed tbh
  - jerf 1y ago
    That makes sense. I wasn't sure where to go after that because it has always just worked for me. You can also embed your username into the config, FWIW, making it just "/ssh:vm3:".
- pabs3 1y ago
  ISTR ProxyJump is in some way better than ProxyCommand btw.