Make Windows ssh not use my Windows account by default?

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Seems like unless I specify -l when typing ssh , the ssh command just uses my Windows account name by default. This is annoying. Can I make it not use my Windows account name and ask for the user name by default, when -l is not used?

bk2204 · Answer

OpenSSH always uses the current user's name unless you either specify one by writing it before an at sign (e.g., ssh bk2204@example.com) or you use the -l option.  However, you can adjust this using ~/.ssh/config if you like by specifying something else:
Host github.com
    User git
Host *
    User bk2204

This will use the user git for github.com and bk2204 for all other sites.  You can still override it at the command line with the two techniques I mentioned above.

Make Windows ssh not use my Windows account by default?

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