diff --git a/all/function/ssh b/all/function/ssh
index a68f4e0..f01e7c8 100644
--- a/all/function/ssh
+++ b/all/function/ssh
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# remote start a program (with x11 forwarding will render locally if gui)
-function rrem(){
-   ssh -X -t "$1" """$2" "$3"""
-}
+module_load ssh
diff --git a/all/modules/ssh.sh b/all/modules/ssh.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3643b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/modules/ssh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# this will superceed the ssh binary in order to source all the config files
+module_load file # loads find and build_file
+
+[[ ! $SSH_CONFIG ]] && export SSH_CONFIG="$BASH_SHELL_NETWORK/all/ssh/_config"
+
+function ssh_config() {
+  local CDIRS
+  local CDIR
+  local DIRS
+  local DIR
+  local PDIRS
+
+  declare OPTION
+  declare OPTARG
+  declare OPTIND
+  while getopts 'd:' OPTION; do
+    # echo $OPTION $OPTARG
+    case "$OPTION" in
+    d)
+      PDIRS=$OPTARG
+      # echo option d: $DIRS
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo unknown option $OPTION
+      ;;
+    esac
+  done
+
+  shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+  [[ $PDIRS ]] && DIRS=($PDIRS) || DIRS=(${BASH_SHELL_DIRS} "$HOME/$BASH_SHELL_USER")
+  # echo DIRS "${DIRS[@]}"
+  # echo $SSH_CONFIG
+  CDIRS=()
+  j=0
+  cnt=${#DIRS[@]}
+  for ((i = 0; i < cnt; i++)); do
+    # echo $i of $cnt
+    # looks in ssh/config subdirectory of each DIRS is not passed
+    DIR="${DIRS[i]}$([[ ! $PDIRS ]] && echo /ssh/config)"
+    # echo ----- trying $DIR
+    [ -d $DIR ] && CDIRS[j]=$DIR
+    j+=1 || echo no directory $DIR
+  done
+  # CDIRS=("${CDIRS[@]}")
+  # echo ${CDIRS[@]}
+
+  local HEADER="##############################################################
+# THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY function ssh_config. Do not edit #
+# It is created by combination of ssh configuration files    #
+# which are listed in a comment line before each             #
+# It is used by the ssh function which then calls ssh binary #
+##############################################################"
+
+  debug ssh config file at: $SSH_CONFIG
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$SSH_CONFIG")"
+  echo -e "$HEADER" >$SSH_CONFIG
+  # build_file appends the given file to output file cleanly with checks
+  # append any system config
+  build_file "/etc/ssh/ssh_config" $SSH_CONFIG
+  # echo existing dirs ${CDIRS[@]}
+  # will append any .cfg file found in ssh/config subdir of any BASH_SHELL_DIRS, including home shell
+  for CDIR in "${CDIRS[@]}"; do
+    # FILES=$(find -n '*.cfg' -d 0 $CDIR)
+    for f in $(_find -n '*.cfg' -p 'archive off' -d 0 $CDIR); do
+      # echo "Processing $f";
+      [[ $f ]] && build_file "$f" $SSH_CONFIG
+    done
+  done
+  # append any tradtional home config
+  build_file "$HOME/.ssh/config" $SSH_CONFIG
+}
+
+ssh() {
+  if [[ $SSH_CONFIG ]]; then
+    [[ ! -f "$SSH_CONFIG" ]] && ssh_config "$SSH_CONFIG"
+    command ssh -F $SSH_CONFIG "$@"
+  else
+    command ssh "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+function rrem() {
+  ssh -X -t "$@"
+}
diff --git a/all/modules/sshfs.sh b/all/modules/sshfs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..616bb33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/modules/sshfs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# depends on sshfs  fuse for ssh
+module_load filesystem # mounted
+module_load net-utils  # host_reachable
+module_load ssh
+
+function smount() {
+
+  local HOST
+  local PORT
+  local config
+  HOST=$(sed 's/.*@\(.*\):.*/\1/' <<<"$1")
+  # TODO sed search for -p and extract port, below assumes 3 and 4 position
+  PORT=$([[ $3 = "-p" ]] && echo $4 || echo 22)
+  [[ ! $(host_reachable $HOST $PORT) ]] && echo host $HOST not reachable, aborting mount && return 1
+  if [[ $(mounted $2) ]]; then
+    echo "aborting mount: $1 already mounted at $2"
+  else
+    echo "SSHFS: mounting $1 at $2"
+    mkdir -p $2
+    # can add any options after mount point directory like -o default_permissions
+    if [[ $SSH_CONFIG ]]; then
+      [[ ! -f "$SSH_CONFIG" ]] && ssh_config "$SSH_CONFIG"
+      config=$([[ -f $SSH_CONFIG ]] && echo "-F $SSH_CONFIG")
+    fi
+    # echo sshfs "$*" "$config"
+    sshfs $* $config
+  fi
+}
+
+function usmount() {
+  if [[ $(mounted $1) ]]; then
+    echo "unmounting remote file system at $1"
+    fusermount -u $1
+  else
+    echo "nothing mounted at $1, aborting unmount"
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/all/modules/sshfs/sshfs.sh b/all/modules/sshfs/sshfs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f5e686d..0000000
--- a/all/modules/sshfs/sshfs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# depends on sshfs  fuse for ssh
-module_load filesystem # mounted
-module_load net-utils # host_reachable
-
-function smount(){
-local HOST
-local PORT
-HOST=$(sed 's/.*@\(.*\):.*/\1/' <<< "$1")
-# TODO search for -p and extract port, this assumes 3 and 4 position
-PORT=$([[ $3 = "-p" ]] && echo $4 || echo 22)
-[[ ! $(host_reachable $HOST $PORT) ]] && echo host $HOST not reachable, aborting mount && return 1
-if [[ $(mounted $2) ]]; then
-echo "remote $1 already mounted at $2, aborting mount"
-else
- echo "mounting via ssh"
- echo sshfs "$*"
- mkdir -p $2
- # can add any options after mount point directory like -o default_permissions
- sshfs "$@"
-fi
-}
-
-function usmount(){
-if [[  $(mounted $1) ]]; then
-  echo "unmounting remote file system at $1"
-  fusermount -u $1
-else
-  echo "nothing mounted at $1, aborting unmount"
-fi
-}
diff --git a/all/ssh/.gitignore b/all/ssh/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3483f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/ssh/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/_config
diff --git a/all/ssh/config/readme.md b/all/ssh/config/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..689e50b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/ssh/config/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+all files in this ssh/config subdirectory will be incorporated into a master ssh configuration per the ssh_config function in the ssh module
+
diff --git a/all/ssh/session/interactive b/all/ssh/session/interactive
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc790db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/ssh/session/interactive
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if [[ $- == *i* ]]; then
+echo ssh interactive session
+fi
diff --git a/all/ssh/session/readme.md b/all/ssh/session/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..223d2e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/all/ssh/session/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*anything in /session will be sourced if this is a remote ssh login session*