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faq: add SSH/SFTP/SCP interactive guard suggestions

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See #2160, #2405, #3742, #4432 & #4745, among others.
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@ -300,6 +300,25 @@ For these reasons, fish does not do this, and instead expects asterisks to be qu
This is similar to bash's "failglob" option. This is similar to bash's "failglob" option.
.. _faq-ssh-interactive:
Why won't SSH/SCP/rsync connect properly when fish is my login shell?
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This problem may manifest as messages such as "``Received message too long``", "``open terminal
failed: not a terminal``", "``Bad packet length``", or "``Connection refused``" with strange output
in ``ssh_exchange_identification`` messages in the debug log.
These problems are generally caused by the :ref:`user initialization file <initialization>` (usually
``~/.config/fish/config.fish``) producing output when started in non-interactive mode.
All statements in initialization files that output to the terminal should be guarded with something
like the following::
if status is-interactive
...
end
.. _faq-unicode: .. _faq-unicode:
I'm getting weird graphical glitches (a staircase effect, ghost characters,...)? I'm getting weird graphical glitches (a staircase effect, ghost characters,...)?