Bug 348323

Summary:	net-misc/openssh: [Feature Request] ssh(1) option to prompt for username
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	mut80r <mut80r>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	mgorny
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description mut80r@hotmail.co.uk 2010-12-10 00:53:45 UTC

Hello.

  As I understand it, ssh(1) has no option (e.g. environment variable, ssh_config(5) line, etc) to instruct it to prompt you for a username. If you do not give a username when running ssh, it will use the value of the $USER environment variable, and if you give a username when running ssh it will use that.

  I would like to submit a feature request for an option (e.g. -o PromptForUsername) that is not activated by default but would cause ssh(1) to prompt for a username before or after the connection has been established (whichever is most technically feasible), before authentication such as password/pubkey/etc begins. Similar to the behaviour of PuTTY, if you will.



  It could look like this:

 $ cat .ssh/config
...
Host *
  ...
  PromptForUsername yes

 $ ssh host
Username: xxxx
...

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2010-12-10 16:54:58 UTC

sorry, but we usually dont do upstream development.  this sort of feature request would be filed here:
https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/