On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:44:48 +0200, Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Jesse Rosenthal wrote: > >> If I end this with 'connection.interact()', I will end up logged in to the >> forwarding server. But what I really want is to go on and run rsync to >> localhost port 2022, which will forward to my_server port 22. So, how can >> I put the ssh connection I set up in hostforward() in the background? >> I need to make sure that connection is made before I can run the rsync >> command. > > $ man ssh > > ... > > -f Requests ssh to go to background just before command execution. > This is useful if ssh is going to ask for passwords or > passphrases, but the user wants it in the background. This > implies -n. The recommended way to start X11 programs at a > remote site is with something like ssh -f host xterm. > > ...
Thanks for the response. I had tried that, but the problem is that it requires that I specify some command on the server (in this case, the forwarding server) which it executes with ssh in the bg, and then exits. But maybe I could just run "sleep 10" or something on the server to keep the port open long enough to ssh through it? I'll give a few things like that a try. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
