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

From: Darren Tucker (dtucker_at_gate.dodgy.net.au)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: 29 Sep 2005 03:35:43 GMT

On 2005-09-28, bearclaw <bearclaw@free.fr> wrote:
>
> 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.

Well, that depends on how you do it. The technique I was referring to[1]
doesn't have any issues with allocation of ephemeral ports and would not
require any more password prompts than your existing solution.

[1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.security.ssh/msg/b85389215d06f766
    http://groups.google.com/group/comp.security.ssh/msg/681932d1f3e6828d 

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