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Date:      Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:46 EDT
From:      Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: persistant ssh connections
Message-ID:  <3947fd330.2183@databus.databus.com>

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Perhaps the shell at the far end has an idle timer.  For ksh, set
TMOUT=0.

I need hardly tell you how dangerous unattended ssh, with or without
forwarding, is.  Sure wouldn't do it on my network.

Barney Wolff  <barney@databus.com>

> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:16:02 -0700
> From: Steve Shah <sshah@clickarray.com>
> 
> 	I want to setup ssh port forwarding in such a way that they
> can be started without user intervention. I already have the
> keys setup in a way that allows me to do things like:
> 
> [user@host ~]$ ssh -L 5555:localhost:5555 remote.host.com
> 
> without having to enter a password. But now I have to maintain activity
> on the link so that the forwarding doesn't get dropped. =( I tried
> various combinations of -f -n and -S without success. 
> 
> I'm sure it is something straight forward. Any enlightment would be
> much appreciated.




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