I know -D (socks) and ~C (then -Lx:y:z), which is what I use currently. And I have to use normal port forwards. What I'm looking for is to make this easier with a zenity dialog at the click of a button, then have to terminal pipe somewhere and become a background process. Is there perhaps some options I can supply to SSH so it accepts ~C (then the options + \n) from stdin? Quintin Beukes On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Darren Tucker <dtucker@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quintin Beukes wrote: >> >> Is there any way at all to manipulate local forwards on an existing >> shell? > > Use the ~C escape, which is documented in ssh(1) thusly: > > ~C Open command line. Currently this allows the addition of port > forwardings using the -L, -R and -D options (see above). It also > allows the cancellation of existing remote port-forwardings using > -KR[bind_address:]port. !command allows the user to execute a > local command if the PermitLocalCommand option is enabled in > ssh_config(5). Basic help is available, using the -h option. > > Depending on what you're doing, you may be better served by > -D/DynamicForward which allows you to use SOCKSified clients rather than > created new (local) forwards for each purpose. > > -- > Darren Tucker (dtucker at zip.com.au) > GPG key 8FF4FA69 / D9A3 86E9 7EEE AF4B B2D4 37C9 C982 80C7 8FF4 FA69 > Good judgement comes with experience. Unfortunately, the experience > usually comes from bad judgement. >
