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Make Chef's `knife ssh` use your actual login name
# knife.rb config snippet to make knife ssh command use your own login
# instead of hard-coded `root', `ubuntu' or other name. Tries to get
# login for your domain from ~/.ssh/config and if it's not found
# there, uses your local login.
require 'net/ssh'
require 'etc'
knife[:ssh_user] =
Net::SSH::Config.for('some.host.inside.your.domain')[:user] ||
Etc.getlogin
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