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SSH ControlPath/ControlMaster. How to get OpenSSH v4 and above to re-use an existing SSH connection for multiple sessions, dramatically speeding up connection start times.

Posted 18th December 2006 at 11:53 am

Tagged nickburch, ssh, torchbox

1 comment

I got this working by dropping the following in at the top of my .ssh/config file:
```
Host *
	ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-%r@%h:%p
	ControlMaster auto
```
Simon Willison - 18th December 2006 11:56 - #

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