Linux – Change default directory when I SSH to server

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I was wondering if there is a way to change the default directory that I get put into after I SSH into my Ubuntu server.

99% of the time when I'm logging into my server, it is to access files within a specific directory:

/var/www/websites

Is there a config file that I can edit that will make sure I am put straight into this directory when I login?

Best Answer

There are three ways to achieve this:

add cd /var/www/websites to the end of your .bash_profile. This is executed only for interactive logins (e.g. ssh).
add cd /var/www/websites to the end of your .bashrc. I use this one on our puppetmasters as I always want to be in /etc/puppet/environments/dkaarsemaker there instead of my homedir :-)
Change your homedirectory on the server to /var/www/websites (this is not really a good idea)

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~~cd is a shell builtin. LocalCommand is executed as:~~

~~/bin/sh -c <localcommand>~~

~~What you're looking to do can't really be accomplished via SSH; you need to modify the shell in some way, e.g. via bashrc/bash_profile.~~

LocalCommand isn't what you want, anyway. That's run on your machine.

You want RemoteCommand. Something like this worked for me:

Host example.net
  RemoteCommand cd / && exec bash --login
  RequestTTY yes

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In short: yes.

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^C
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Oct 19 14:33:58 host sshd[19787]: Invalid user myuser mypassword from 192.168.111.78
Oct 19 14:33:58 host sshd[19787]: Failed none for invalid user myuser mypassword from 192.168.111.78 port 53030 ssh2

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