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| -rw-r--r-- | paramiko/config.py | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/paramiko/config.py b/paramiko/config.py index 30e000e7..c21de936 100644 --- a/paramiko/config.py +++ b/paramiko/config.py @@ -97,13 +97,15 @@ class SSHConfig (object): """ Return a dict of config options for a given hostname. - The host-matching rules of OpenSSH's ``ssh_config`` man page are used, - which means that all configuration options from matching host - specifications are merged, with more specific hostmasks taking - precedence. In other words, if ``"Port"`` is set under ``"Host *"`` - and also ``"Host *.example.com"``, and the lookup is for - ``"ssh.example.com"``, then the port entry for ``"Host *.example.com"`` - will win out. + The host-matching rules of OpenSSH's ``ssh_config`` man page are used: + For each parameter, the first obtained value will be used. The + configuration files contain sections separated by ``Host'' + specifications, and that section is only applied for hosts that match + one of the patterns given in the specification. + + Since the first obtained value for each parameter is used, more host- + specific declarations should be given near the beginning of the file, + and general defaults at the end. The keys in the returned dict are all normalized to lowercase (look for ``"port"``, not ``"Port"``. The values are processed according to the |