Hello Paul,
This bug has already been fixed upstream, but not yet released. You
can apply attached patch to fix the problem.
See also: https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=311595
(tab "Attachments").
To reproduce the problem:
$ cat > /tmp/config <<"EOF"
> Host foo
> UserKnownHostsFile "/dev/null"
> UserKnownHostsFile "/dev/null"
> EOF
$ ssh -F/tmp/config <TAB>
$ ssh -F/tmp/config bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
...
After the patch, completion should succeed without any error "Permission
denied":
$ ssh -F/tmp/config <TAB>
...
Regards,
Freddy Vulto
http://fvue.nl
--- bash_completion.orig 2009-04-02 22:01:39.000000000 +0200
+++ bash_completion 2009-08-14 12:22:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -2666,10 +2666,18 @@
fi
if [ ${#conf...@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+ local OIFS=$IFS IFS=$'\n'
# expand path (if present) to global known hosts file
- global_kh=$( eval echo "$( sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*[Gg][Ll][Oo][Bb][Aa][Ll][Kk][Nn][Oo][Ww][Nn][Hh][Oo][Ss][Tt][Ss][Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]['"$'\t '"']*\(.*\)$/\1/p' "${conf...@]}" )" )
+ global_kh=($( sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*[Gg][Ll][Oo][Bb][Aa][Ll][Kk][Nn][Oo][Ww][Nn][Hh][Oo][Ss][Tt][Ss][Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]['"$'\t '"']*\(.*\)$/\1/p' "${conf...@]}" ))
+ for (( i=0; i < ${#global_...@]}; i++ )); do
+ global_kh[i]=$(echo "${global_kh[i]//\"/}")
+ done
# expand path (if present) to user known hosts file
- user_kh=$( eval echo "$( sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*[Uu][Ss][Ee][Rr][Kk][Nn][Oo][Ww][Nn][Hh][Oo][Ss][Tt][Ss][Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]['"$'\t '"']*\(.*\)$/\1/p' "${conf...@]}" )" )
+ user_kh=($( sed -ne 's/^[ \t]*[Uu][Ss][Ee][Rr][Kk][Nn][Oo][Ww][Nn][Hh][Oo][Ss][Tt][Ss][Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]['"$'\t '"']*\(.*\)$/\1/p' "${conf...@]}" ))
+ for (( i=0; i < ${#user_...@]}; i++ )); do
+ user_kh[i]=$(echo "${user_kh[i]//\"/}")
+ done
+ IFS=$OIFS
fi
# Global known_hosts files
