Re: [bug #18042] cannot specify port number in shell link

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 13:20 +0200, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> > IMO, it would be better if MC pops up an url specific dialog for
> > each vfs if necessary so that the user could finer tune the connection. I
> > think this would also help to add support for per connection settings i.e.
> > use passive ftp for one connection and active for another. Instead of
> > simple hacks we'd better go with well designed features.
>
> Agreed.
>
> But as Andrew also pointed out manpower is limited, so sadly we will
> sometimes have to use hacks if nobody is volunteering to invest time in
> the proper solution. They are not optimal, but in some cases better than
> not fixing breakage at all.

This is not a task which requires tremendous efforts. It is just a matter
of defining what we want to do and how we want to do it. And in the 
meantime there is an easy workaround - just set the port in ~/.ssh/config.