ssh_config: clarify option parsing description

[config/dotfiles.git] / ssh_config

diff --git a/ssh_config b/ssh_config
index a860b7d82a5f786d25eda9ac4ec61dec75df2a66..e4096fa09774a43e9b9b1c3b1c509b0ced75f7b6 100644 (file)
--- a/ssh_config
+++ b/ssh_config
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@
 #     ServerAliveInterval 5
 
 
-# Global options which overwrite other host-local options must be at end or
-# the host-local options are ignored, thanks to anonJD in #openssh on Freenode
-# (2011-05-18 21:40 CEST) for letting me know. Therefore put all affected host
-# specific rules here, before the global rules.
+# Options are parsed top-to-bottom, the first matching option is used. Later
+# assignments to the same option are ignored, thanks to anonJD in #openssh on
+# Freenode (2011-05-18 21:40 CEST) for letting me know. Therefore put all
+# affected host specific rules here, before the global rules.
+#
+# For example to change the MACs option for a specific host, use:
+#
+# Host host
+#     # Old SSH daemon which needs SHA1 (SHA-512 in case it gets updated).
+#     MACs hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1
 
 
 # Rules for all hosts.