change directory automatically on ssh login

Posted by Gareth on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Gareth
Published on 2010-08-05T14:40:37Z Indexed on 2010/12/21 21:56 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to get ssh to automatically change to a particular directory when I log in. I tried to get that behaviour working using the following directives in ~/.ssh/config:

Host example.net
LocalCommand "cd web"

but whenever I log in, I see the following:

/bin/bash: cd web: No such file or directory

although though there is definitely a web folder in my home directory. Even using an absolute path gives the same message. To be clear, if I type cd web after logging in I get to the right folder.

What am I missing here?

EDIT:

Different combinations of quotes/absolute paths give different error messages:

LocalCommand "cd web"
/bin/bash: cd web: No such file or directory

LocalCommand cd web
/bin/bash: line 0: cd: web: No such file or directory

LocalCommand cd /home/gareth/web
/bin/bash: line 0: cd: /home/gareth/web: Input/output error

This makes me think that the quotes shouldn't be there, and that there's another error happening.

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