SSH config file is not being applied

Question

I'm running Mac Os Lion and have the following ssh config file:

$ cat /Users/fernando/.ssh/config
Port 123

This should result in ssh connecting always on port 123, no?

Well, what happens is that it still tries to connect on 22:

$ ssh 192.168.0.11 -v
OpenSSH_5.6p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /Users/fernando/.ssh/config
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Applying options for *
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.11 [192.168.0.11] port 22.

Any ideas of why this config is not applied? Is ssh config file cached?

Answer 1

What happens if you add a Host directive to that config file?

Host *
  Port 123

Answer 2

Try changing ~/.ssh/config to this and see if it works:

Host 192.168.0.11
        Port 123