fail with config:32: config variable before Host variable

[simkimsia]

similar to #1

Include ~/.orbstack/ssh/config

ControlMaster auto
ControlPath /tmp/%r@%h:%p


Host ssh-cpopv2
  HostName abc..

[jingfelix]

I met the same problem with

Include ~/.orbstack/ssh/config

ForwardX11 yes

I guess sshs does not support ForwardX11 yes.

[userwiths]

I believe this happens because of the currently used parser, more precisely here.

I though about opening an issue, but it looks like it is advised in the OpenSSH specification to put the Host's first and other parameters after them.

Maybe, @simkimsia you could try something like

Host ssh-cpopv2
  HostName abc..
  
Include ~/.orbstack/ssh/config

ControlMaster auto
ControlPath /tmp/%r@%h:%p

and tell us if thats the case.

NOTE: my config is looking like that, with the Include on top, and works correctly.

Include ~/.orbstack/ssh/config

Host ssh-cpopv2
  HostName abc..
  
ControlMaster auto
ControlPath /tmp/%r@%h:%p

As for the ForwardX11 if I put it at the very end of my config, it works correctly. Hope that solves your issue @jingfelix

Hope this helps.

[jingfelix]

@userwiths It works, thanks so much!

[mblauser]

This has plagued me for years while using sshs until recently discovering this unexpected config behavior.

The parser as currently implemented treats a "Host *" section at the top of the config as immutable values, unchanged by more specific host entries. My initial understanding was that more specific host entries would override the "Host *" section. What functions best is listing the "Host *" last, providing fallback defaults.

[quantumsheep]

Hey! Since sshs now has an homemade parser, is the issue fixed?