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I have a different (assigned, non-changable) username on one of the servers I log to regularly, and I would like to avoid writing it down every time. Can I make these lines

[tohecz@localhost ~]$ ssh myserver.cz
[tohecz@localhost ~]$ ssh anotherserver.cz

behave as the following?

[tohecz@localhost ~]$ ssh [email protected]
[tohecz@localhost ~]$ ssh [email protected]
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Can I ask why the question got downvoted? Have I done anything wrong? If so, please exaplain it to me so that I can improve the post. –  tohecz yesterday
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I did not DV this but typically Q's that are very basic such as this or show little effort in searching prior to asking are viewed negatively. Also searching this site would've yielded many A's that show the below A: unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=ssh+user+host –  slm yesterday
    
@slm I've tried searching ssh username which did not give any reasonable response :-/ –  tohecz yesterday
    
Understand, but that is likely the reasons for the DV. –  slm yesterday
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@FaheemMitha That sounds like I should know where to look. I consider any further discussion in this manner pointless. –  tohecz yesterday
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Add the following in your ~/.ssh/config file:

Host myserver.cz
  User tohecz

Host anotherserver.cz
  User anotheruser

You can specify a lot of default parameters for your hosts using this file. Just have a look at the manual for other possibilities.

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Regarding other default parameters, I like shortening the host, along the lines of Host web / Hostname www.mysite.com / User foo –  Kevin yesterday
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