On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 at 20:47, Jochen Bern <Jochen.Bern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [...] I'd like to change .ssh/config so that when muscle memory does a > "ssh too-old-host" again, I get output to the effect of "use the 'foo > bar baz' command instead" (and ideally, OpenSSH itself does not even > *attempt* to connect). > [...] > ProxyCommand seems to be unable, too (because its output apparently gets > swallowed *entirely* by ssh). > Its stdout does (since that's its purpose), but its stderr doesn't: $ cat config ProxyCommand sh -c "echo use foo instead >&2" $ ssh -F ./config foo bar use foo instead Connection closed by UNKNOWN port 65535 -- Darren Tucker (dtucker at dtucker.net) GPG key 11EAA6FA / A86E 3E07 5B19 5880 E860 37F4 9357 ECEF 11EA A6FA Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgement. _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev