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Re: Proposal for a pause command
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: Proposal for a pause command |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:24:53 -0700 |
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Simone Piccardi wrote:
> I use this command as a shell for an SSH user that can create a
> connection that does nothing but wait, just for the sake to keep the
> connection up.
The 'ssh' -N option is very useful here.
man ssh
-N Do not execute a remote command. This is useful for just for‐
warding ports (protocol version 2 only).
> This way I can ask to someone to connect to my public server, without
> giving him a real shell access. When I need to access an internal server
> that cannot be reached from internet, I can ask a person to setup a port
> forwarding SSH tunnel to my public server, so I can gain access without
> the need to modify his firewall.
That already sounds like a very custom configuration. Is it really
worth a pause command in coreutils for this very specific case? It
would seem much easier to set up a custom shell as I am sure you have
already done in this case.
Bob