Re: OpenSSH for windows: starting directories

Yes, I believe so, altought I've never tried ...

Try the IdentityFile parameter in the /etc/ssh_config file. Pheraps
something like /cygdrive/<drive letter>/<directory> ...

Hopping it can help you.

Pedro Galvão

Robert Dengler wrote:

> I'm running the latest version of OpenSSH for Windows on NT 5.0. I'd
> like to have the command prompt from a remote client start in a
> specific directory (say c:\dir1, or /cygdrive/c/dir1/) while the
> public key file is in a different directory (c:\dir2). If I change
> the home directory in the passwd file to /cygdrive/c/dir2/, the key
> file isn't used - I have to type in the password. I also need to use
> switch.exe, so can't edit quietcmd.bat to put the terminal into the
> right directory after login.
>
> Is there any way to have the SSH client start in a directory other
> than the one the key file is placed? Thanks.
>
> Bob
>
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