How to remove "user at host's password" from ssh login prompt?

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2018-09-02 at 15:32 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> How can one remove the username and hostname that precede "password"
> when logging in using ssh?

That prompt is presented by your local system, not by the remote
system. It is knowledge that your local system has - the name you are
trying to connect as, and the system you are trying to connect to.

I would characterise it as harmless.

That said, why do you want to remove it?

Regards, K.

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