On Fri, 16 May 2025, Charles Curley wrote:

> On Fri, 16 May 2025 14:56:41 +0000
> fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote:
>
>> when i type ssh and two tabs i get a list of host
>> numeric and names
>> where do they come from
>>
>
> If I type 'ssh<tab><tab>' I get proposed tab completions of various
> programs, all starting with ssh.
>
> If I type 'ssh<space><tab><tab>' I get proposed IP addresses and host
> names as arguments to ssh. The seem to be hosts on my local network,
> hosts I have in ~/.ssh/config>, and some I don't recognize.

and i also see it looks in ~/.ssh/known_hosts
i also have several i don't recognize

as an aside
in known_hosts there are many key fingerprints with no host identification
is there a way to identify what host the fingerprint is for

Reply via email to