Client-Side Connection and Other Parameters

The NumberOfPasswordPrompts keyword specifies how many times the user is prompted for a password before Secure Shell quits. The ConnectionAttempts keyword specifies how many tries (at one try per second) are made before Secure Shell either quits or falls back to rsh if the FallBackToRsh keyword is set.

The Compression keyword enables compression of transmitted data. The CompressionLevel keyword sets a level of 1 to 9, trading off between speed and amount of compression.

User specifies an alternate user name. Hostname specifies an alternate name for a remote host. ProxyCommand specifies an alternate command name for starting Secure Shell. Any command that can connect to your proxy server can be used. The command should read from its standard input and write to its standard output.

Batchmode disables password prompts, which is useful for scripts and other batch jobs.

KeepAlive enables messages to indicate network problems due to host crashes. LogLevel sets the verbosity level for ssh messages.

EscapeChar defines a single character that is used as a prefix for displaying special characters as plain text.