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I am attempting to use bastionssh to access a number of other servers. My point of contact is a colleague who is based on the other side of the world so getting information can be tricky. He provided me with access for the bastionssh server and provided me with a config file with details such as those below:

Host hostname
User username
TCPKeepAlive yes
HostName x.x.x.x
ProxyCommand ssh bastionssh nc %h %p

I am not sure how to attempt a connection to this host. I had tried

ssh bastionssh nc %h %p

But got permission denied. Didn't expect it to work and fear it may be a false identification of permissions mainly because while I ran this command I never referenced the actual hostname or username etc. Can anyone provide me with an idea of how I am to use these details if the proxycommand just has %h and %p. Do i replace these values with the host provided?

EamonnMcElroy
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After you put the snippet you've been given to ~/.ssh/config, you will just do ssh hostname, and the magic will be taken care of by ssh.

Matija Nalis
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  • Thanks. So the fact that when i navigate to this folder there is no config and the fact that I am using a different user than my colleague leads me to believe I need to have a user with such priviliges. Will update when i get chatting to him. Thanks. – EamonnMcElroy Aug 17 '16 at 13:56