~/.ssh/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/ssh_config

Updated: April 19, 2023

OpenSSH SSH client configuration files

Name:

~/.ssh/ssh_config, /etc/ssh/ssh_config

Description:

The ssh program obtains configuration data from the following sources in the following order:

  1. command-line options
  2. the user's configuration file (~/.ssh/config)
  3. the system-wide configuration file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config)

This program uses the OpenSSL library for cryptography services.

For more information, see ssh_config in the NetBSD documentation.