Use port forwarding on the first connection. For example... ssh -D 1088 -p 443 -L 8888:ipofremote:porttoforwardto username@remoteip After that, making a connection to 127.0.0.1:8888 goes to the remote ip and port specified with the -L. On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 07:25 -0800, daa imissdaa wrote: > Hi everyone, I am new here and I am very new to be > working with SSH > > Problem: > I need to establish a session within a session. > > The first connection goes to a remote box. The second > connection goes to that same box but within the > previously established shell and from there to another > machine in another location, I am tunneling SOCKS5 > programs through the second session. > > > How I did it before: > Until now, I have used Putty twice (on windows XP) to > do that but since I switched over to Linux Ubuntu, I > am using the pure command line. > > > So far, I have been able to establish the first > session by doing: > ssh -D 1088 -p 443 username@remoteboxIP > > Previously on XP, I would now open the second putty > session configured as follows: > Under Session: IP_of_second_remote_box | > Port 443 | SSH > Under: Connection--Proxy: SOCKS 5 | Proxy Hostname: > 127.0.0.1 | Port 8888 > > Can you point out what the equivalent command line > input would have to be ? > > Thanks for the help :)) > > PS: sorry if this question is too trivial > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >