Re: wrapper script to use cvs/scp through a ssh gateway

From: Unruh (unruh-spam_at_physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: 28 Sep 2005 17:40:09 GMT

bearclaw <bearclaw@free.fr> writes:

>Darren Tucker wrote:

>> On 2005-09-27, bearclaw <bearclaw@free.fr> wrote:
>>> I'm trying to write a ssh-wrapper program to be able to use cvs, scp...
>>> through an ssh gateway, but ran into trouble.
>>>
>>> Here is the situation (in case "ssh gateway" is not clear enough):
>>> From home, to reach lab1.lab.com through ssh, I have to do
>>> $ssh -t user@gateway.lab.com lab1
>>
>> Search the archives of this group for "stacked ssh connections" for an
>> alternative way of doing this that doesn't have this kind of problem.
>>

>I know I could tunnel ssh through ssh, but this is very unpractical for many
>reasons. I would have to type my password 4 (!) times, and it's not easy to
>automate the process as many things can go wrong.

Uh, you have heard of rsa or dsa passwords? You do NOT have to type your
password 4 times. Properly set up you have to type your password 0 times.
And this is a secure way of doing it.

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