ssh remote "command you want to run on remote" This will establish the ssh connection, and run the command. You must use the " ". For multiple commands use "cmd1 ; cmd2; cmd3; etc" On Fri, 2008-12-26 at 13:15 -0800, Noah wrote: > Hi there, > > I am trying to run a shell command to the host at the far end of an ssh > tunnel. Here is how I structured access. Is there any way to do this > more compactly on one line? > > > ssh -L 12345:192.168.1.20:22 noah@xxxxxxxxxx > ssh -p 12345 localhost 'chown -R noah:noah /shares/internal/Music/' > > Cheers, > > Noah