Back slashes are not saved in User field when adding a new connection

[byamagata]

• VSCode Version: 1.63.2
• Local OS Version: 10.0.19042
• Remote OS Version: 10.0.2294
• Remote Extension/Connection Type: SSH/Docker/WSL
• Logs:

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open Command Palette
2. Select Remote SSH: Add New SSH Host
3. When prompted to enter your ssh connection command, enter a username that contains a backslash. (For instance, I added my username: nv\byamagata)
4. Save to any config
5. Open Config and backslash is missing from the User field of the newly created connection

Does this issue occur when you try this locally?: Yes
Does this issue occur when you try this locally and all extensions are disabled?: Yes

[byamagata]

@tanhakabir have you made any progress with this? It's not a huge issue, just requires you to manually modify the config file. Was more just curious because I ran into it again right now.

[tanhakabir]

No sorry I haven't, I wanted to investigate SSH man first to verify what characters are and aren't permitted.

But afterwards it just requires a PR of a fix in one of our dependencies.

[eleanorjboyd]

Hello @byamagata, I was going in to repro this issue and then fix it but it seems to now work for me to include a slash in the username. I used the command Add New SSH Host then entered ssh aa/bb@locahost which showed up correctly in my config file and ssh localhost -l aa/bb which showed up with the backslash as well. Could you retry adding a connection with the slash to see if it is fixed or if your problem still persists? If it still persists if you could send the exact string you pass into Add New SSH Host that would be great. Thanks!

[eleanorjboyd]

Hello! Upon further evaluation we have determined that this will no longer be a plan item we implement. In order to keep our parsing from the Add New SSH Host command straightforward, these commands must follow bash parsing rules. Feel free to look into bash escape characters and use them to get a slash into your config file. Thanks!