About ssh configuration file internal "~" symbol parsing problem

Kerwin Bryant

8/6/24, 10:35 AM

SEE: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76844392/about-ssh-configuration-file-internal-symbol-parsing-problem

I use the root account to log in to the system (HOME: /root)
I executed a script file (source script)
In script file, I changed the value of the environment variable HOME (HOME: /another)
I use ~($HOME) in my SSH profile (~/.ssh/config)
SSH -T [email protected] shows that ssh is still using the original default values (HOME: /root)

May I ask why? (The HOME I expect SSH to work with should be: /another) How can I solve this problem?

~/.ssh/config：

Host gh github.com
    User git
    IdentitiesOnly yes
    HostName github.com
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa

I can be sure that the source script is working properly because the configuration file is found correctly through ~/.ssh/config(/another/.ssh/config);; Only ~(%d) in the configuration file is not effective, or the previous value(/root);

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muru

8/6/24, 2:57 PM

SSH doesn't use the `HOME` environment variable. It asks the system (usually eventually reading `/etc/passwd`, but could also be getting the details from LDAP, etc.) for the executing user's details.

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